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A long orange-tented dining hall at a Kumbh Mela-style event, with rows of low wooden tables and seated devotees in orange and saffron robes. In the foreground, young volunteers in bright yellow kurtas and yellow shawls with red tikka marks bend over to serve food from metal buckets into steel thalis and cups. Seated elders in yellow and orange garments, one woman in a yellow sari with a yellow head covering, receive their meal. Water bottles and steel tumblers are placed along the tables. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this scene.

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May 04 20162016-05-04A long dining hall with orange fabric walls and tables set in rows, where saffron-robed sadhus and devotees sit on wooden benches eating from steel thalis. In the foreground, a person in an orange head wrap and an orange-brown robe with long dark braids eats with their right hand from a thali holding banana slices, a small bowl and papadum-like pieces. Beside them, a man in orange with a long beard and a wristwatch eats from a similar plate. Along the table, several other people in orange and yellow robes sit with plates and glass water bottles. On the left, standing attendants in orange and a man in a red shirt carry a steel pot and move between the tables. Prasadam annadan meal setting, with a printed a person copyright line in the lower right.2016-05-04A long orange-draped tent with a sandy floor, lined with rows of people seated on the ground eating from silver-coloured metal plates and bowls. Many attendees wear saffron and orange robes, some with orange turbans and rudraksha malas. A man in an orange shirt and white dhoti carries a metal tray along the row while another orange-clad attendee walks past. On the right, seated devotees on low wooden tables hold steel tumblers and plates, with water bottles nearby. The scene suggests a communal meal, annadan, in an ashram tent setting.2016-04-23A long orange tent at a sadhu gathering, with saffron and orange cloth walls and a sandy floor. Rows of seated men in orange and saffron robes eat from steel plates and small steel bowls set on low wooden tables and on the ground. A man in an orange vest and dhoti walks barefoot down the central aisle. Two attendants in orange robes carry food: one holds a metal tray, the other serves a seated devotee. A seated sadhu on the right wears an orange turban and a gold-beaded necklace and is being served. Plastic water bottles stand among the place settings. The scene shows a communal meal served during a religious camp.2016-04-23May 11 20162016-05-11 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor annadan meal under an orange tent. Several saffron-robed sadhus sit cross-legged on the floor at low wooden tables, eating from steel plates and tumblers. On the left, an elderly bearded man in an orange turban and wrap sits with a hand near his mouth. A server in an orange dhoti with a yellow sash stands at a metal pail serving food. On the right, a standing man in orange robes, bare-footed, with a mala and bracelets, holds a phone and looks on. Rows of people in orange sit along a long line of tables on the right. Rose petals and litter lie on the dirt floor.2016-05-07Photograph of a long dining hall inside an orange tent during the Kumbh Mela, where sannyasis in orange and saffron robes sit on low wooden benches eating from stainless steel thalis with rice, curries, pickles and fruit. In the foreground a man in an orange turban and long dark dreadlocks, wearing an orange cloth and a beaded necklace, leans over his plate. Bottled water and steel tumblers sit on the tables, while men in orange and cream clothing walk along the aisle carrying vessels. No person is identifiable as a person from the visible cues here, so no candidate is named.2016-05-04May 11 20162016-05-11April 23 20162016-04-23May 11 20162016-05-11May 07 20162016-05-07April 21 20162016-04-21