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Outdoor courtyard scene at an ashram building with white walls and wooden doors. Many people sit on the tiled floor in rows, most wearing saffron-orange robes with a red-bordered shawl, while others wear plain white clothing. Several sit eating from metal plates of yellow rice, with steel plates and a round metal table at left. Bamboo poles with orange cloth streamers, potted plants and green shrubbery frame the scene. A woman in white with light hair sits near the centre. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd.

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August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a long row of seated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders, sitting cross-legged on a concrete floor under an open pavilion. In front of them are banana leaves holding food such as flatbreads and fruit, small brass pots and steel tumblers, and tall bamboo poles run along the row. A shaven-headed man in the foreground looks forward while others eat or wait. A man in white bends over at the left edge, and white plastic chairs and tables are visible in the background under a thatched roof.2006-08-23August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo on a red-tiled entrance step beside a wooden door, with green shrubs behind. A bare-chested man with long curly hair, wearing an orange cloth, sits on the steps holding a small plate of sweets and eating; a brass staff-like ritual rod stands beside him. Behind him a woman in orange and glasses stands at the doorway. To the left, seated on the ground, a man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a woman in white with a rudraksha mala hold metal plates. Another woman in orange sits on the step eating from a plate, and a young woman in white sits near the shrubs. A man in orange is partly visible at the bottom left. Several people are present; some are monastic trainees sharing prasad during a convention day.2006-08-17Seated devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls perform a puja in an open-sided pavilion with a concrete floor. Several men sit in rows on the floor before banana leaf plates holding white rice, yellow sweets and fruit, with small brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels. Long bamboo poles stand upright between the rows. A bald man on the right in white and orange sits cross-legged, and a man at the far right in similar attire sits beside him. Plastic chairs and tables are visible behind, and a few people are seen in the background.2006-08-23August 17 20062006-08-17Photograph of an outdoor serving scene at an ashram. On the right, a long-haired man in orange cloth with a bare back and shoulder sits on a brass-framed seat, scooping rice from a large steel bowl with a ladle; he appears to be the a person, based on the long swept-back hair and his seated, central role at the serving. Beside him on the left, a shaved-headed smiling monk in orange robes with rudraksha beads sits on the floor with a small steel plate. Behind them, people in white kurtas and orange robes stand near a wooden doorway, and a steel tray of food sits on the red-tiled step.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo at a tiled doorstep of a brown wooden-doored building, with green shrubs behind. A man in white clothes and an orange shawl, wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, leans forward holding a steel plate of sweets toward seated people. Seated figures in white and orange include a young woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala, and a man in orange who holds a small plate of sweets. A woman in orange stands at the door holding a plastic bag. Brass ritual staff visible at right.2006-08-17A photograph of a seated sannyasi on a red-cushioned wooden swing with brass chains, shirtless with an orange cloth wrap, long swept-back dark hair, and a rudraksha-style dark bead necklace. He is taking food from a large steel plate of yellow rice. Beside him a woman in a white top with an orange shawl and glasses holds the plate, and in the background two young women in orange robes sit on red steps near a steel bucket and a bowl. A wooden door, red window frame and garden plants are behind them. The seated man has long hair and distinctive adornments, a person cue, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone. Printed copyright and source text is overlaid at right.2006-08-17A photograph of an annadan food-serving scene at an ashram doorway. Several people in orange and saffron robes serve cooked rice from large steel bowls and trays. A kneeling man in orange robes leans forward toward a bowl at lower left, while a bare-chested man with long dark curly hair and an orange cloth on the right holds a ladle over a steel bowl. A woman in white smiles in the background behind a hanging brass ornament, and a person in white stands at the doorway with a red mat and a red-trimmed step. Many devotees and attendants wear white and orange, with brass vessels and a hanging lamp-like fixture visible.2006-08-17A open-sided pavilion with a tiled roof and green pillars hosts a seated ritual. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white clothes with orange shawls, with brass pots, banana-leaf plates of offerings and small cups set before them, and tall bamboo poles with orange flags stand between the rows. Standing figures in white at the far end attend the rite. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed sannyasi sits on a small platform against the back wall beside a red-and-white shrine area, and a plant-filled courtyard and stacked bricks are visible outside.2006-08-23