Source – @Kal

All are in dhoti (sovaLe in Marathi : special clean dhoti only for pooja etc). All did the necessary rituals of purification and havan etc as prescribed by the shāstra officiated by a proper pandit pic.twitter.com/ZQl9DGDWNf

Savarkar doing mass-upanayana of people. this photo is specifically of dalits

All done on a proper muhurta etc. You know, like rest of mango Hindus.

The ritual (and its strict rules) imbibes the importance of occasion in mind of the baTu.

If it is going to be distributed like a khairāt outside some durgah, people will treat it like a khairāt.

— Kaal Chiron काल्किरण (@Kal_Chiron) September 1, 2019