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April 22 20162016-04-22September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesSaffron-robed sannyasis sit in a row on floor mats before low white tables with steel plates and tumblers during a meal service in a tent with pale yellow drapes. A man in a red turban and a white-bearded elder in orange sit near the front. Attendants in white kurtas and yellow-orange dhotis bend forward, one pouring food from a steel vessel onto a plate. Water bottles stand on the tables and the floor is covered in green matting.2016-04-22Night-time outdoor communal meal under a tent canopy at an event, with saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees seated on the ground and at low wooden tables laid with steel plates of food garnished with marigold flowers. A robed man in saffron stands bowing and serving food to a white-bearded elder in orange robes with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala, who sits at the front table. Behind them standing figures wear saffron, orange and white clothing, one holding a large palm-leaf fan and another a wooden staff. A colourful striped cloth backdrop and string lights hang in the background, with a man in a white kurta and blue lanyard standing at right and women in western clothes filming at left.2016-05-07April 22 20162016-04-22A photograph of saffron-robed sadhus seated in a long row at low white tables for a communal meal during a Kumbh Mela bhandara at the Nirvani Akhada. Many men in orange and saffron robes eat from steel plates and tumblers, with steel cups, plastic water bottles and food platters arranged along the tables. A bearded elder in a tall orange turban and beaded necklace sits at the front right, and a man in a rust-coloured kurta and white dhoti walks along the green carpet at the left edge. Pale green drapery hangs behind the row.2016-04-22A night-time outdoor community meal at a festival camp, with long rows of seated saffron-robed sadhus and devotees eating from metal thalis and steel tumblers on low wooden tables set over a teal floor covering. In the foreground, white-bearded men in orange and peach robes sit cross-legged, one with a yellow tilak on his forehead. On the right, a tall bearded sannyasi with matted hair and an orange robe and a red-marked forehead walks past the rows, while a man in a yellow shirt stands nearby. Yellow-capped volunteers in orange serve food from steel buckets. Strings of lights, flags and a decorated canopy frame the scene.2016-05-16September 14 20152015-09-14Seated row of saffron-clad sadhus receiving a ritual at a festival pavilion with a pale yellow cloth backdrop and green floor. In the foreground a sadhu in a rust-red turban and brown shawl sits beside a bald sadhu in orange robes and a bearded elderly man in orange wrap and glasses. Behind them an orange-turbaned sadhu holds out a hand while a man in a white shirt bends forward, offering a steel plate, with marigold garlands on the table. Several orange-clad devotees and a woman in red stand or sit nearby.2016-04-22February 15 20132013-02-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesMay 11 20162016-05-11