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A seated group of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees sits on a white floor during a meal at a Kumbh camp. A standing man in orange robes with a white shawl, long hair and a beard walks among them. Several seated men wear saffron or orange clothing, while one man in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white garland. A man on the left has a saffron cloth tied over his eyes, and an orange-and-red turban is visible at right. Steel plates of food and water bottles sit on the floor in front of the group, and plain windows line the pale wall behind them.

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A seated feast in a plain hall with pale pink walls and tiled floor. Many saffron-robed sadhus sit in rows, some wearing orange turbans and rudraksha malas, eating from round steel plates arranged on the floor with water bottles beside them. Several low wooden tables hold more plates and steel vessels. In the foreground, a bald man with a yellow tilak and orange robes eats with his right hand, next to a man in orange with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial beads who is also eating. An elderly sadhu with a white beard and orange turban sits at right with layered bead necklaces. A bearded man in red and a young man in yellow stand or sit near the left, and a young girl in orange sits at far left. Photo watermarked as archive material is omitted from the description. This is a bhandara (community feast) for sadhus, with a shaved-headed man in orange at centre.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05A photograph of a long row of seated sadhus in saffron-orange robes taking a meal from silver-toned thalis and small metal cups on long silver-finished serving platters, laid over a striped woven mat. In the foreground a bearded sadhu with long matted grey hair and a topknot holds a steel tumbler. Behind them, attendants in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth and orange shawls move along the line serving food, one standing at right with a steel bowl. Several turbans in red and orange appear along the row. The setting is a pandal with a decorated backdrop at upper right.2015-09-12 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20192019-01-01September 20 20152015-09-20September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesA seated communal meal in a hall with white walls and a framed devotional picture on the wall. Several bearded men in saffron, orange and peach sadhu robes sit in a long row on a striped mat, with steel and paper plates of food, flatbread and bowls before them and plastic water bottles along the table. In the foreground a bearded sadhu in peach robes and a shawl looks toward the camera, while beside him a sadhu in deep orange with a rudraksha mala and red tilak eats. Others in white kurtas and orange turbans sit farther down, and more people stand in the background.2015-09-10A seated group in orange and saffron robes sits on the floor of a plain room with tiled walls, with steel plates, tumblers and water bottles on low wooden tables. In the front row, a young boy in saffron kurta with rudraksha mala and glasses sits with eyes lowered, while a girl in saffron with short bob hair sits at left. Behind them, elderly sadhus with long grey beards and an orange-clad man with a turban sit in a row, and a white-haired figure in orange sits at right with back turned. A man in white shirt with a bag strap sits at left. The scene suggests a seated meal or gathering of sadhus.2015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20152015-09-20September 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copiesA large orange tent filled with seated sadhus and sannyasis taking a communal meal, known as a bhandara, in rows on the bare ground. Many wear saffron and orange robes, some with white or orange turbans and beards, others in white kurta-style clothes. Each person has a steel or paper plate of food with small bowls of curry, flatbread and glasses of water or milk placed before them. Standing attendants in white move between the rows serving food. The warm orange light of the tent canopy fills the scene, and a few people wear rudraksha malas. No single person is identifiable as a person in this scene.2016-04-21September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copies