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Indoor ritual gathering in a pink-walled hall with colourful woven tassel banners hanging above. Several smiling men in saffron-orange and rust-red robes with shaved heads and white tilak marks on their foreheads and arms stand in a line, one holding a red-bordered cloth and offering something to a devotee. A younger person in an orange robe with a red sash bows forward, and a man in a white dhoti with gold borders bends toward the group. Red floor mats and seated attendees in white line the background, with a person in a white shirt holding a camera nearby.

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Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01November 10 20132013-11-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of bare-chested men in orange and rust-coloured dhotis with white and ochre forehead markings, wearing rudraksha malas. The central man, with a shaved head, smiles broadly while offering something small from his hand to a long-haired young person seen from behind in a white sacred thread. Around them, more men in orange robes and white body markings stand in a crowded hall with ceiling lights and a maroon curtain in the background. Their attire and grouping suggest a ritual gathering of ashram members.2016-09-30September 13 20142014-09-13Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesA photograph inside a pavilion with draped white fabric ceiling and multicolored painted pillars. A bald man with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, wearing saffron-orange draped cloth and a long rudraksha mala, leans forward to offer food to a small shaven-headed boy in orange clothing with a red sash. Several saffron-robed men stand smiling around them, some wearing flower garlands and rudraksha malas, some holding food or flowers in their hands. Flower petals are scattered on the floor mats.2012-04-23 +2 copiesFebruary 23 20162016-02-23Photograph of a satsang or ritual gathering in a bright hall with a golden throne-like seat at left. A seated figure in red and orange robes with long hair and beard sits behind offerings. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in white with dark rudraksha malas smiles while offering a small food item to a shaved-headed child in orange garments and beaded malas. Several devotees in orange and saffron robes, some prostrating low to the floor, fill the middle and right. A bearded man with long hair and sacred ash on his arm, wearing orange cloth and malas, stands at right holding a prasad offering. A colourful umbrella-shaped canopy hangs at top left.2016-09-30October 04 20132013-10-04Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a line of saffron-robed sannyasis in a hall with pale pink walls and a polished floor. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange cloth with a red and gold border bends forward, reaching out his hands toward a smiling monk in a dark red shawl and rudraksha mala. Behind them, many orange-clad men stand shoulder to shoulder, some with hands extended in greeting, and a woman in white stands at the left edge. The scene suggests an ashram gathering or satsang, with a blue-and-white emblem at the upper left.2014-09-13A photograph of a row of saffron-robed monastics and a small child in orange clothing standing in a tent-like hall with decorated striped poles overhead. Several adult men in orange and red-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand in a line, holding food offerings in their cupped hands and smiling. The boy in front, wearing an orange robe and a beaded necklace, looks up and holds out a small piece of food. Green leaf plates with yellow food sit on the floor, and a few mobile phones rest on the mat in front.2012-04-23 +2 copies