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A photograph of a communal meal in a hall with a yellow-painted wall. In the foreground a bald man in an orange saffron robe with a long beaded necklace bends forward to take banana leaves from a woven basket, while beside him a man in white dhoti and shawl with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds leaves as well. Along a long table on the right, seated devotees eat from banana-leaf plates, with water bottles and steel tumblers nearby. Attendants in white clothing and head coverings move about in the background, and people sit on striped mats on the left. The orange-robed figure has no clearly distinctive a person cues such as long swept hair or crown, so the identity remains uncertain.

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May 20 20122012-05-20June 15 20152015-06-15 +2 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14A large hall where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged in rows on the floor eating a communal meal from green banana-leaf plates, with small steel cups of water placed along the leaves. Volunteers in white clothing walk between the rows serving food, and one server wears a white sari with a gold border and carries a plate. A man in a white shirt with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and carrying a notebook stands at the centre. Other people, including a woman in a green sari with an orange border seated at right, are seated on striped mats. Pillars with orange and yellow banners frame the hall, and a few people stand near the back in the background. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal.2012-05-20A busy indoor dining hall during an event meal service, with many men in white shirts and dhotis and several in saffron-orange clothing moving among tables and steel serving vessels. Centrally, a man in an orange robe with an orange head wrap and a long rudraksha mala stands among others, holding a plate. Nearby, a man in white holds a metal bowl of food while another in a white kurta has a hand on a companion's shoulder. Some attendees hold plates of rice and curry. Several men wear saffron sashes. Background includes stainless steel kitchen counters and vessels.2006-12-15September 15 20142014-09-15November 20 20062006-11-20December 12 20072007-12-12A large outdoor pandal filled with seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes sits in rows on striped woven mats during a communal meal. Volunteers in white dhotis with gold-bordered sashes walk the rows carrying steel buckets and serving food onto leaf plates and bowls. In the centre foreground, a bearded sadhu in orange sits cross-legged with a red-and-orange turban and beaded necklace, flanked by others in orange. Many others are visible in the background. Gilded decorations and a temple-like structure stand at the back. Brass plates and bottled water sit on the mats.2015-09-17Large communal meal in a covered pavilion at the Kumbh Mela, with many sadhus in orange and saffron robes seated cross-legged on long green and striped mats eating from metal plates. Several sadhus wear pink, yellow and white turbans and rudraksha or beaded necklaces, and one older man has white vibhuti and a red tilak. Standing in white clothes with a red scarf, a volunteer serves food and water, while other attendants in white move along the rows. Water bottles and small bowls sit beside the plates, and golden ceremonial items are visible in the background. No candidate matching the a person description is clearly visible.2015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14September 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copies