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Three young men in saffron-orange turbans and draped orange robes stand close together, each holding handfuls of a yellow-white food offering. Each wears strands of brown rudraksha beads, and one has a small pendant on a light necklace. A blurred background shows other people and a white building wall with a red sign. Their expressions are focused as they eat or distribute the offering.

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August 14 20172017-08-14September 19 20172017-09-19 +1 copiesPhotograph of young male devotees in saffron-orange turbans and orange cloth wraps, many with white horizontal markings on their arms and chests, holding handfuls of yellow flower petals or grain as offerings. In the foreground, a young man on the left wears rudraksha beads around his neck and bare upper body, looking to the side, while a younger boy on the right wears rudraksha bracelets and a saffron wrap. Several other devotees stand in the background, and the setting appears to be an indoor ceremonial hall with a blurred backdrop.2017-09-19September 19 20172017-09-19A crowd of saffron-robed devotees, many with orange turbans and rudraksha malas, eat or hold out handfuls of yellow-green prasad. A young boy in the foreground with an orange turban and rudraksha beads eats from his cupped hands while others around him offer food. Some men have white marks on their chests and arms. The setting is a crowded indoor hall with bright background lights. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance in this frame.2017-08-14September 19 20172017-09-19 +1 copiesA photograph of young boys and girls in orange-saffron wrapped garments and orange turbans during a food offering. In the foreground a boy with a white forehead mark and dark rudraksha beads holds a handful of yellow rice-like food, and a younger child in an orange turban feeds him with her hand. Other children in orange dhotis and turbans stand behind them holding food over banana leaves laid out on a long table. A framed picture and photographs hang on the white wall behind, with a kalasha-like decoration visible at the top. The scene looks like a prasadam or naivedyam distribution at an ashram.2017-08-14Crowded festival scene of saffron-clad devotees in orange turbans and orange dhotis. A central bare-chested man with white body markings on his arm and a long rudraksha mala with ceremonial silver-toned necklaces is eating from cupped hands, with a small pile of yellow-green food in his palm. Around him, orange-turbaned women and men hold similar food offerings, and a golden latticed panel stands in the background.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14Photograph of a young male devotee in an orange-saffron turban and orange cloth wrapped over bare shoulders, eating food with his right hand, his eyes closed and yellowish food smeared on his face and chest. He wears layered rudraksha mala necklaces and rudraksha bracelets, and a white tilak with red bindi marks his forehead. Behind him and around him, other devotees in orange clothing stand with their backs partly turned, some shirtless, in a crowded, warmly lit hall. The scene suggests a communal food offering, consistent with prasadam being shared among devotees.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14