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Women in orange-red saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas share food in a hall with pink walls and colourful hanging banners. A woman in glasses at left, smiling, feeds a handful of rice-like food to a woman at right, who leans in to receive it; other women stand in a row behind them, some also holding food. Low mats with banana-leaf-style plates and small oil lamps lie on the floor at left, consistent with an annadan-style meal offering. No men or identifiable a person candidate is visible.

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Annadhan in 20132013-01-01September 13 20142014-09-13A photo of a ritual food offering in a large hall with red curtained panels and framed pictures on the walls. A woman in a rust-red robe with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks feeds a yellowish food ball to a seated woman in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and white markings on her forehead. Another woman in pink feeds food from her hand beside her, and several women in orange and red robes with rudraksha malas stand around, some holding food balls. Background figures in red and orange robes move through the room.2016-02-23Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a group of women in saffron and orange sarees with gold borders, wearing rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, feeding sweet food to one another in a bright hall. In the foreground a woman with her hair in a bun offers a handful of food to a smiling woman with a white forehead mark who opens her mouth to receive it. Behind them, other women hold food on leaf plates, and colourful striped hangings and pink drapes decorate the room. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2013-07-14 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesPhoto of a large hall during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, several women in red and rust-coloured saris and salwar kameez stand close together, a woman in a rust sari with rudraksha mala at center applying a mark to the forehead of a younger woman in orange robes with a gold border, who has a white vibhuti mark on her forehead and a rudraksha mala. Another woman in orange with gold trim sits in front, eyes lowered, her hands held near a plate. Behind them a long table is laid with many brass and steel plates of food offerings, and monastic-looking people in orange robes stand along the right side. Two lit oil lamps glow on the back wall, and a golden chair stands at the left with a figure in red seated near it. Bright yellow flowers appear at the left edge.2016-02-23 +1 copiesA photo of a group of women in red and orange saris and salwar-style outfits at an indoor ceremony, eating or being fed a yellow grain or prasad mixture from cupped hands. A woman in the foreground center, wearing a dark red sari with a gold border, a red bindi and a brown beaded mala, tilts her head back with eyes closed while another woman in a red sari feeds her from the front-left. Other women in orange and saffron garments and white-haired elders are blurred in the background, and a brown wooden wall and a faint lit backdrop fill the setting.2015-10-23Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copies