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A photograph of a food-offering scene in a hall with a striped multicolour mat on the floor. A woman in a rust-red sari with rudraksha beads and a gold pendant holds a handful of yellow rice, while a woman in a cream-and-gold sari, wearing a white head cap and disposable gloves, scoops rice from a large silver bowl. A young boy with curly hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange cloth with white sacred-ash markings, kneels with cupped hands to receive prasadam. Several people in orange robes stand behind them. No identifiable a person is clearly visible in the frame.

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January 01 20192019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01A photo of women preparing food offerings in a hall. In the foreground, an older woman in a rust-brown sari with a rudraksha mala kneels beside a large silver bowl of yellow rice and vegetables, stirring it with a ladle. In the centre, a woman in a white and gold-bordered kerala-style sari, wearing a white hair net and a red rudraksha mala, sits and watches. On the right, a young woman in orange sannyasini-style robes with a tilak on her forehead and a rudraksha mala holds a handful of yellow food. Other orange-robed people stand behind, and a tripod and a screen are visible.2019-01-01Photograph of a seated offering scene on a patterned mat. A woman in a rust-brown sari with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles presses a handful of yellow food onto the outstretched hands of a young boy in saffron cloth, bare-shouldered with a beaded necklace and glasses. A silver bowl heaped with yellow rice sits in front. Behind them a woman in a white sari with gold border and a hairnet holds a small bowl, and a woman in saffron with a rudraksha mala, hands joined in namaste, watches. Figures in saffron stand in the background.2019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01A photograph of a ritual food offering at an ashram. A woman in a rust-brown sari with a red-beaded necklace and gold bangle scoops yellow rice from a large silver bowl. Beside her, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered white sari, a white hairnet, and a gold pendant holds a handful of rice. A young child in an orange cloth with a white cord across the back reaches toward the offering. On the right, a woman in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Other figures in orange and white stand in the background, and a screen shows a colourful image.2019-01-01A photograph of a ritual food preparation at an ashram event. Four women and one young man are seated on a colourful striped mat around a large silver bowl of yellow rice mixed with herbs. A man with bare upper body and a wide orange shawl sits in front, mixing the rice with both hands, while a woman in an orange-red sari with gold-bordered sleeves and rudraksha mala reaches into the bowl. A woman in a cream-and-gold Kerala-style sari, white hairnet and red-brown beaded necklace watches, and a young woman in orange robes with white forehead markings stands at right. Orange-robed devotees stand in the background.2019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01A seated group prepares a food offering from a large silver bowl of yellow rice with cashews and raisins. On the left, a woman in a rust-red sari with gold bangles scoops rice from the bowl. In the centre, a woman in a white and cream South Indian sari, white hairnet, rudraksha mala and gold pendant watches the work. On the right, a young woman in an orange-saffron two-piece garment with a draped orange shawl and gold bracelets holds rice in her hands, and another woman in orange sits behind her. A purple cloth mat and a laptop are on the floor, with a television screen and a tripod visible in the background.2019-01-01Devotional food offering at a temple or ashram hall. A woman in a rust-brown sari with dark bun and red-bordered garments kneels at left, serving from a large brass pan of yellow rice. Centre, a woman in a white and gold-bordered saree with a white hair net, rudraksha mala, gold pendant and forehead tilak watches attentively while wearing clear gloves. At right, a bare-chested sannyasi with long hair and an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder reaches into the pan to take rice. Behind them, other saffron-robed monastics stand, and a flat-screen monitor and a tripod are visible.2019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01