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A seated group of devotees eats a meal from banana-leaf plates on red and patterned mats in a bright white hall. Most men wear orange turbans, white kurta-style clothing and red shoulder cloths, with some also wearing orange lanyards. A foreign-looking young man in the centre wears white with a rudraksha mala and a dark-ink tattoo on his forearm, and a woman in orange sits behind him. Small paper cups and food portions sit on the leaves in front of them, and gold ornaments decorate a shrine in the background.

Annadhan in 2013

A seated assembly during a ritual gathering in a hall, with many participants in orange robes and white clothing sitting on the floor. Front-row figures wear orange sashes and rudraksha malas, with white forehead markings, and several hold or sit beside brass plates of offerings, flowers and small lamps. Behind them, rows of people in white shirts and dhotis watch, and some have white ash marks on their foreheads. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the scene shows devotees and sannyasis in ritual sitting.

September 09 2012

A photograph of a seated satsang gathering in a hall with red-and-beige walls and curtains. In the foreground, a bald man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads sits cross-legged, and beside him a bald man in white with gold-edged dhoti sits with a sandalwood-marked forehead. Rows of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, many wearing orange or red shawls, sit on blue-striped mats. Some sit with eyes closed in meditation, others take notes, and brass puja items, a pink dish and small bowls lie on the mats. A chair and a person in dark clothing sit at the right edge. No single figure can be confidently identified as a person.

September 09 2012

Devotees sit cross-legged on a tiled floor in white clothing with red-orange shawls and red-and-white lanyards, eating a meal served on large green banana leaves with small steel bowls. A bald man in the foreground eats with his right hand, and a bearded man beside him holds food toward the leaf. Several other seated men in white continue eating, with cups and rice dishes visible.

2014-10-28 +1 copies

Photograph of several seated young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls with yellow borders, wearing rudraksha malas, sitting in rows on a pale floor in a bright hall. The foreground man in the centre has hands pressed together in namaste with white vibhuti stripes on his arms and forehead, and the man at right has hands clasped in his lap. Before the rows, banana leaf plates hold sweets, fried snacks and cups. Other people in white are seated in the background.

2013-07-10 +1 copies

A large seated satsang audience in white clothing and red-orange shawls sits on white mats in a hall with red walls and framed posters. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white with a vertical white tilak on his forehead and a red shawl sits upright, with a man in glasses beside him. Behind them rows of devotees in white and red-orange shawls face forward, some wearing lanyards. A gilded deity murti stands at upper right. The scene reads as a seated discourse or satsang gathering.

July 25 2017

2017-07-25 +1 copies

Several men sit cross-legged on a white floor sharing a meal from green banana leaves set with small food portions and white paper cups. Most wear bright orange-gold turbans, white kurta-style shirts and red shawls, with rudraksha or beaded necklaces visible on some. A man in a striped white shirt stands out among them. In the background a figure in a red turban and dark robe stands near a deity murti on a side shelf. The scene suggests a group annadan style meal.

September 21 2010