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Long wooden tables in a bright orange tent are set for a meal, with steel plates heaped with marigold flowers in front of seated saffron-clad monks. In the foreground a smiling man in a pinkish-red turban, rudraksha mala with ornate gold necklaces, a gold armlet and a saffron shawl sits with hands folded, a vibhuti mark on his forehead, looking up. Beside him are bald monks in orange robes with yellow tilak marks, and a standing man in orange robes stands further back. The scene reads as a bhandara feast. Appearance cues are strong but the face is not clearly visible enough to confirm identity.

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April 21 20162016-04-21A row of saffron-robed sadhus sit cross-legged on the floor of an orange tent for a bhandara meal. Marigold garlands rest on steel thali plates set on low wooden tables in front of them. A smiling man on the right wears a pink-red turban, a red tilak on his forehead, a brown beaded rudraksha-style mala and a thick gold-beaded necklace, with a gold armlet and bangles on his arm. Beside him, bald sadhus in orange robes and tilak sit in line, and a man with glasses sits further along. Several attendants in orange stand at the left.2016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21A row of seated devotees and sannyasis in saffron and orange robes sits at low wooden tables inside an orange tent, each table set with a steel plate of marigold garlands and flowers. On the right, a smiling man wears a pink-rose turban, a brown rudraksha mala, a heavy gold-coloured necklace and a gold armlet over a rust-orange shawl, with hands pressed together. Beside him sit bald men in orange robes, one with a yellow tilak on his forehead. Other saffron-clad attendants stand at the left and in the background.2016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21April 23 20162016-04-23A night-time communal meal in an outdoor tent camp, with saffron-clad renunciants seated on floor mats at long wooden tables. A smiling man in the centre wears a maroon turban, a maroon shawl and a rudraksha-style beaded mala. Beside him, a man in orange robes and orange head cloth holds a beaded mala. At right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes wears red and white beaded necklaces. Steel thalis with flower garlands and food sit on the tables, and more orange-robed people fill the background under tent poles and lamps.2016-05-10April 23 20162016-04-23April 21 20162016-04-21