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A 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.

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A 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.2016-05-06A long row of saffron-robed sadhus sits cross-legged on a red carpet during a bhandara feast, each before a steel thali with food and a small cup. Many wear orange and red turbans and some have long white beards and rudraksha malas. Behind them stand white-clad attendants with a white cloth and a grey head covering, and gold shrine decorations and a golden canopy frame the hall. A few devotees with phones are visible at the lower edge.2016-05-05Photograph 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.2015-09-10May 10th 20162016-05-10 +1 copiesMay 05 20162016-05-05September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesMay 06 20162016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06May 10th 20162016-05-10May 05 20162016-05-05A large communal meal in a tent with a red floor and red-and-white walls, where many seated people eat from stainless steel thalis. Most wear saffron and orange clothing, with some in white dhotis and pink or peach kurtas. Several men in the foreground wear orange or saffron turbans and robes and eat from thalis. A woman in a green kurta and another in a sari with a pink patterned blouse move between rows, one carrying a metal pot. Bowls, glasses and steel dishes are scattered on the floor. The setting suggests an annadan or group prasadam meal at a camp.2016-05-06Evening meal service in a red-and-white tent at a Shuddhadvaitam camp. Many people in orange and saffron robes sit on a red carpet and yellow floor mats before low brass-trimmed tables holding steel plates, bowls and cups. A woman in an orange sari carries food between rows while others in pink, green and white saris and orange clothing stand or bend nearby. Red tent poles, diamond-shaped yellow decorations and hanging garlands frame the scene. Some sadhus wear orange turbans. The meal appears to be part of an annadan or communal dining gathering.2016-05-06