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Large outdoor-style tent feast at the Shuddhadvaitam camp in Ujjain, with a red carpeted stage where rows of saffron-robed sadhus sit cross-legged behind low silver-edged platters of food. A bald, bearded man in a red-orange robe with a long shawl stands at the centre of the stage facing them, while a man in a white dhoti and white head covering stands nearby. On the left, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala serves from a metal tray. Foreground figures in orange robes sit with their backs to the camera before meal plates. Hanging orange, yellow and green tassel decorations line the tent ceiling, and a crowd fills the background.

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May 05 20162016-05-05A large tented hall during a bhandara feast, with a long row of seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes eating from silver thalis set on low tables over a red carpeted floor. Servers in white dhotis and white head caps move along the row carrying food and water, while a woman in a white sari with a marigold garland pours from a steel bucket. In the foreground, figures in red and orange robes and a rust-coloured turban sit facing the feast, with plates of food and water bottles before them. Strings of colourful flags hang from the tent ceiling above a crowd of many seated devotees.2016-05-05Wide photograph of a large red-carpeted hall during a feast ritual. Several white-clad priests with grey head coverings and marigold garlands serve food from buckets, bending toward silver plates set on low stands before rows of seated saffron-robed sadhus. A figure in orange with a shaved head sits at right near the far wall, and a dense crowd of saffron-clad participants fills the background under decorative paper lanterns and a white tent roof.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 10th 20162016-05-10May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05