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A photograph of an indoor hall with red curtains and a maroon backdrop, where a group of saffron-robed sannyasis serve food on silver plates with banana leaves. In the centre, a person wearing a maroon and gold turban with a jewelled ornament, gold necklaces, bangles and a gold-bordered maroon wrap holds a plate with a large bread and smiles. Beside them, a shaved-headed sannyasi in orange-brown robes and rudraksha mala offers a plate of green vegetable preparation, while others carry platters of food. Devotees stand in the background. The scene suggests an annadan or prasadam distribution.

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Indoor ritual scene in a hall with pink walls and red curtained windows. A central figure in a maroon-and-gold turban, gold necklaces and bangles, and a golden-bordered cream shawl over a bare upper body reaches toward a silver plate of food on banana leaves. Around him, several people in saffron-orange robes wear rudraksha malas, including a shaved-headed man holding a plate and a woman in maroon robes. Men in white dhotis and a spectator in glasses stand in the background, with a bare-headed man on the right gesturing toward the plate. The scene reads as an offering of prasadam. a person identity is uncertain: the central figure's turban, gold jewellery and bare-chested adornments are compatible cues, but the face and presentation are not clearly conclusive.2013-11-02A photograph of an ashram food offering. In the centre, a person in a brown and gold sari with a brown turban, heavy gold necklaces, gold bangles and a jewelled headpiece serves rice from a banana leaf with both hands, beside a gold armlet. To the left, a bald man in saffron robes with rudraksha malas serves from a steel plate. Behind them, saffron-clad devotees and a smiling woman in a dark-red sari stand near a red box, with other people in the background.2013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02A crowded indoor festival scene where a shaved-headed monastic in an orange-saffron robe with rudraksha malas and a sacred ash mark on his forehead holds a steel plate of round sweets. Next to him a person in a rust-coloured turban and gold-embroidered cream and gold garments with gold necklaces and bangles reaches to take sweets from the plate. Behind them, other saffron-robed men carry trays of sweets and sweet squares, and several women in saffron and red saris stand nearby. Devotees, including a child in a white shirt, reach forward to receive prasad. Yellow and orange draped cloth decorates the background table.2013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02A smiling person in a maroon and gold turban with a jeweled brooch stands centre-frame wearing a gold-bordered cream shawl over a maroon garment, layered gold necklaces with a large pendant, and gold bangles. They hold a silver tray of sweets and fried snacks on green leaves, offering to a man in a grey shirt at lower right who reaches toward the food. Behind them, women in green and red saris and robed attendants in orange-brown stand in a hall with red curtains and a pink wall.2013-11-02August 17 20142014-08-17September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16April 29 20162016-04-29October 23 20152015-10-23July 15 20152015-07-15 +3 copies