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A crowd of devotees in saffron-orange clothing at a festival gathering. In the foreground, a woman in orange sari-style dress and glasses lifts a yellow-orange sweet or prasad to her mouth while another woman holds more of the same food in both hands. Beside her, a young girl in an orange dress wears a red bindi, drop earrings, a gold chain and a pendant, and holds a yellow food offering. At left, an arm in orange extends toward the woman with food. Blurred figures in orange and red stand behind, with large framed red-toned images on the wall.

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Photograph of a group of women and girls in orange saffron saris and orange blouses, several with white vibhuti on their foreheads and rudraksha malas. In the centre, a woman with glasses, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala holds a yellow food offering in her cupped hands while eating from it. Girls on the left hold similar yellow rice balls out to others. Behind them a golden temple wall, a red door and a colourful canopy or ratha suggest a temple setting. No individual is clearly identified as a person in this frame.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesA festive photograph of many people in a hall, centred on two young women in orange saris with rudraksha malas and gold jewellery. The woman on the right holds a leaf plate of yellow turmeric or sweet food and feeds the smiling woman before her, who has a white forehead mark and red bindi. Other orange-clad women stand around, and men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies move in the background. Framed photographs hang on the wall and orange curtains are visible. No appearance-based a person candidate is clearly visible.2019-01-01A crowd of women in saffron-orange sarees and rudraksha malas gathers indoors. In the foreground, a woman with a tilak on her forehead and gold bangles feeds a yellowish sweet or prasadam into the open mouth of a younger woman with a tilak, who wears gold earrings and a gold-bordered orange saree. An older woman in the background, with glasses and a rudraksha mala, also holds prasadam. Another woman's hands at the right edge hold more prasadam. Others stand blurred behind them.2016-09-30April 04 20182018-04-04July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesWomen in orange sannyasini-style saris and long rudraksha malas share food in a hall. A woman in the foreground with a white forehead mark and gold bangles offers a yellow sweet to a younger girl who leans back with her mouth open to receive it. Other figures in orange and maroon robes, including a bare-chested man with a white dhoti at left, stand behind them. Several people hold yellow sweets in their hands.2016-09-30Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesSeptember 30 20162016-09-30A photograph of a group of devotees in orange-saffron robes handling yellow flower petals or marigold-like offerings during a ritual. In the foreground a young woman with a long black braid wears an orange sari-style wrap and a bracelet, while beside her a woman with long dreadlocks, glasses and a dark rudraksha-style mala with a pendant wears an orange wrap and holds yellow petals in both hands. Other participants in orange, including a young woman with a forehead marking on the right, stand close by, and a white-walled room with a doorway forms the background. Visible ritual activity suggests a puja offering of petals.2017-07-03September 30 20162016-09-30