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A large communal meal in a tent with a red carpet, where many seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes and turbans sit in rows on leaf plates with glasses of water. Volunteers in white and salmon-coloured shirts bend down to serve food, and a woman in a red salwar kameez with a red dupatta serves a seated sadhu. Red and white striped tent poles and red draping frame the hall, and a few people stand in the background. The scene reflects a bandara feeding event at the Kumbh camp.

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Large tented hall with a red carpet where many saffron-robed sadhus sit in rows on the floor, many wearing orange and red turbans. Volunteers in white kurtas and orange shirts, and a woman in a pink dress, bend forward to serve food onto leaf plates and pour water into cups placed before the seated sadhus. Red and white striped tent poles and red drapes frame the scene, with a speaker and lights overhead. This appears to be a communal feeding at the Kumbh camp.2015-09-10 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large seated gathering of saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis on a red mat under a striped tent canopy, sharing a meal from leaf plates with small brass cups and sweets. A man in the foreground wears a saffron kurta with a rudraksha mala and a red-and-pink head wrap, and another in the right foreground wears a peach turban and saffron shawl. Many others in orange and ochre robes sit in rows, while standing figures in white and yellow move among them, some carrying metal trays. No individual here is clearly identifiable as a person by the cues required, so the appearance is uncertain.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10May 10th 20162016-05-10A seated communal meal inside a tent with a red floor covering. Many devotees sit cross-legged on the red cloth eating from steel thalis holding rice, yellow dal, vegetables, pickles and sweets, with small steel tumblers beside them. Most wear saffron and orange robes and some have orange turbans; a man in white dhoti and shawl sits at left with a red tilak, a woman in a pink sari stands among them with a serving spoon, and a man in a red shirt with a pink shawl sits beside the thalis. A bald man in white with a saffron scarf stands in the background. Several people are seated closer to the back and a bearded man in orange sits to the right.2016-05-06September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10May 06 20162016-05-06A photograph of a crowded annadan-style meal hall with a red carpet floor and red pillars. Seated devotees in saffron and orange robes and white kurtas eat from steel thalis and bowls of rice, dal and sweets. Several men with beards and orange clothing sit in the foreground, one with a rudraksha mala. Women in pink, yellow and green saris move among the rows serving food from steel vessels, and more standing people in orange and white fill the background under hanging marigold garlands.2016-05-06May 05 20162016-05-05A large feast hall with a red carpet runs through rows of seated devotees in saffron and orange robes eating from steel trays. Women in white saris with white head covers serve food from baskets and buckets along the aisles, while others in white stand and walk between the rows. Many people are seated on the floor in dense rows. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this view.2016-05-05A large seated meal in a tent with a red floor covering. Many men in saffron and orange robes sit in rows on the floor before banana-leaf plates, eating. A bare-chested man in green trousers and a white vest, standing at left, ladles food from a steel bucket. A bearded man in a white shirt with an orange turban sits in the foreground. Behind a long gold-draped table with metal dishes, a large framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure wearing a garland hangs between ornate gold pillars and a gold drape, with other saffron-robed people seated on the dais. Above is a banner with red and gold drapery.2015-09-10 +1 copies