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April 17 2011

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Children sit and lie on striped cotton mats in a plain hall with white walls, stacked plastic chairs and a yellow door behind them. Many are in the upward-facing cobra-style back-arch posture, heads tilted back, hands planted on the mats, appearing to practise yoga stretches. Girls wear white tops, teal, orange and pink salwar kameez; boys wear white shirts and blue or green tops. No adult instructor or a person is visible.2011-05-27April 17 20112011-04-17A photograph of a group of children practising yoga in a bare hall with a tiled floor. They lie on colourful striped cotton mats, arching their backs upward in a backbend while looking up, with their hands pressed flat beside their shoulders. Many wear white shirts, salwar kameez in teal, pink and orange, and a few wear dark tops. Behind them, rows of blue plastic chairs and folding chairs line the wall beneath a yellow door.2011-04-17A group of children practise yoga on blue, purple and yellow mats on an orange tiled hall floor, with a white pillar at left and a black curtain at the back. Many children bend forward with palms flat on the mat, while a few stand with hands joined in prayer or raised overhead. A girl in a red top and blue trousers stands centre, and a boy in a light blue shirt stands at left. Several adults in casual clothes supervise near the back, and a blue banner is visible on the right wall.2010-12-05A photograph of a large hall with a thatched roof and white pillars, where children practise yoga on coloured mats across an orange tiled floor. Many children in casual clothes, including a boy in a yellow t-shirt and a girl in a pink dress, bend forward with hands on the mat or floor. Several adults stand or kneel among them, including a woman in an orange sari at the left edge and a man in white at the back. A black curtain and a blue banner with white lettering are visible on the right, with a copyright line along the lower right. No figure is identified as a person in this image.2010-12-05September 13 20132013-09-13A large tiled hall where many men are practising yoga on mats in a bent-forward pose, palms on the floor, feet on the ground. Most wear white kurta or shirt and dhoti or trousers; one man in the foreground has an orange saffron shawl over a dark green top. Mats are blue, purple, pink, grey and orange. Behind them, a shrine area holds gilded deity murtis, ornate golden canopies and framed pictures on the walls. Chairs line the right side.2014-07-05December 10 20162016-12-10A large group of people practise yoga in a tiled hall, all kneeling in child's pose with foreheads resting on yoga mats. Most wear white shirts and dark trousers, while several wear bright shirts in yellow, red and green. Mats in blue, red, green, brown and black cover the glossy floor, and a table with items stands at the back of the room. No one is shown as a particular person; the scene shows a group yoga session during a meditation camp.2013-09-14A hall with pale walls, pink curtains and rows of red-cushioned chairs along the back. Many men and boys lie prostrate on striped blue-and-white mats across the floor, foreheads touching the ground, in a devotional prostration. Clothing includes white dhotis and shirts, an orange saffron shirt, maroon, green and blue garments. A gold-coloured ornate structure stands at the upper left, and a banner with figures hangs behind. Some people sit upright along the back row watching. A plastic bowl and a bag lie on the floor near the front.2011-12-29October 08 20102010-10-08A photograph of a group of children doing an arm-raising yoga exercise on striped mats in a hall. Most children have both arms raised overhead, some kneeling and some seated cross-legged, wearing white, pink, orange, red and blue clothing. A dark stage curtain and a small white easel board stand in the background, and a white pillar is at the right edge. A few adults are visible at the back left. No speaker or throne is clearly visible in the frame.2010-12-07