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A photograph of a ritual food offering. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind with long dark hair woven with pink flower garlands and a red-orange cloth around the waist, both hands mixing a green-flecked food preparation in a large ornate silver bowl. To the right, a figure in an orange turban and orange clothing holds out cupped hands toward the bowl, with green leaf-wrapped portions on a banana leaf and a tray nearby. Behind them, several people in orange and maroon robes stand on a white cloth-covered floor. A small gold-edged cushion and orange cloth lie at the lower left. Visible people: about 5 or 6.

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August 14 20172017-08-14A large hall during a Krishna Janmashtami offering. In the foreground a bare-shouldered man with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland kneels and feeds sweet naivedyam from a silver bowl. Beside him a young child in saffron-orange robes, a saffron turban and gold jewellery holds out cupped hands to receive the offering. Around them devotees in orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas stand and sit on white sheets, with a row of silver trays of food along the floor. Several saffron-turbaned young men sit at right, and a white-clad figure stands in the far background beneath a wall of framed pictures.2017-08-14March 14 20172017-03-14A photograph of a long row of devotees in saffron and orange robes, many wearing rudraksha bracelets, standing side by side and holding cupped offerings of white and yellow flowers toward the left. Several women with long dark hair and orange saris are in the foreground, one in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala on her wrist, and maroon-robed devotees, some with turbans, stand behind them. A long table holding offerings lies at the lower left, and a blurred figure in cream clothing is visible at the far left. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible in the frame.2017-08-14October 12 20102010-10-12 +1 copiesAugust 14 20172017-08-14Photograph inside a hall with pink walls, maroon curtains and hanging decorative tassels. In the foreground, a young man in an orange turban and orange cloth wears a rudraksha mala and holds a small offering of green and yellow petals and grains in cupped hands. Other men in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand and sit around, some with bare shoulders and white sacred markings, some seated on the floor in white clothing with ritual items spread in front of them. A blurred orange-robed figure stands in the left foreground, and a crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The scene suggests a group puja or ritual preparation among sannyasis.2018-01-08A seated man in a large black turban and rust-red robes with a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders sits on a gold-carved throne, hand-mixing a yellow rice preparation from a large engraved silver bowl set on a green leaf. A silver trident-topped staff stands beside him. Behind, several seated people in white and red-bordered clothing and a woman in red sari watch the ritual in a hall with a wooden door. The scene resembles a Maheshwara Puja food offering (pinda). The man's appearance matches the page's a person cues: black turban, rudraksha mala and red robes, though the face is not clearly verifiable.2016-02-23August 14 20172017-08-14Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAugust 14 20172017-08-14Two seated men in orange-saffron robes sit on a red and patterned mat in a hall. The man on the left has long dark hair tied back, wears a dark beaded rudraksha mala, and uses his right hand to serve food from a large stainless steel bowl of yellow rice onto a green banana leaf on a low silver tray. The older man on the right is bald, wears a gold beaded headband, gold necklaces and rings, and sits with his hands folded over a brown wooden seat with carved circular motifs. Behind them hang orange and gold fabrics, steel vessels sit on the floor, and a white-draped table stands at left.2012-04-26 +1 copies