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A covered concrete veranda beside a whitewashed building with a red-painted door on the right. A woman in white clothes sits cross-legged on the floor against the wall, reading or writing on a sheet of paper on her lap. Further down the veranda, two other people sit in the shade: one in a red top and one in orange and white, with a few bicycles parked nearby. Red metal posts support the tin roof, and a small green shrub border and a dirt yard lie beyond the walkway under bright daylight.

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2008 - Glimpses Of GurukulFebruary GL 2005September 06 20092009-09-06Outdoor pavilion with a tan sandy floor under a white canvas roof strung with orange pennants and tall coloured banners. Around a dozen people sit cross-legged or kneel on mats and the bare ground, writing in notebooks and on loose papers. Many wear white or orange robes, and one seated person in front wears white with a light blue blouse and sits on a striped mat. A standing woman in an orange sari stands at the right. A white painted shrine or pillar stands in the background among palm trees.2007-01-08A photograph of an outdoor ashram courtyard on dry, bare ground. In the foreground, a young woman with long dark hair tied back sits cross-legged in the shade of a tall coconut palm, wearing a white blouse and white pants and looking down at her hands. Behind her stands a simple single-storey whitewashed building with a tiled roof, two maroon doors, and scaffolding poles along its front. Small trees and red flowering plants surround the compound, with a low concrete step and a pale pipe along the ground.A photo of a session in an open-sided pavilion with red curtains and striped mats on the floor. Many people in white clothes sit on mats and chairs, most of them writing or reading on loose white paper sheets. Several women wear white sarees with long braids visible, and one woman in a blue salwar kameez sits cross-legged on the right. A man in a white kurta walks through the centre aisle, and a figure in orange robes stands at the back. Green foliage is visible through the windows.2009-12-20A covered veranda with a corrugated roof and red steel beams runs along orange-painted buildings, with a courtyard of grass and palm trees on the left. Along the right side, people sit on a bench and white plastic chairs eating from steel plates, including several small children in colourful dresses. A man in a white shirt walks across the grass on the left, and a woman in a white sari stands near the columns. Some figures stand in the distance by the kitchen area. No a person candidate is visible.2010-07-11Two young men in white ashram clothing sit on a concrete step in front of a red-framed doorway against a pale wall. The man on the left wears a white t-shirt, light trousers, a dark rudraksha-style mala and a pendant, and holds open printed pages while gesturing with his right hand. The man on the right wears a white kurta and white trousers with a blue beaded mala, and reads from an open booklet. Black sandals rest on the ground at the lower left, and a small grey table edge is visible at the left.2010-02-102008 - Glimpses Of GurukulAn outdoor photo of students seated on the bare ground under a canvas awning decorated with orange pennants and colourful striped pillar wraps. Several young women in saffron-orange robes and white salwar kameez sit cross-legged on mats or cloth, writing on paper pads and notebooks. Behind them are palm trees, a white painted pedestal with a small deity murti, stacked wooden boards and a pale tent.2007-01-08A covered open-sided veranda with a corrugated red-brown roof and red-painted pillars runs alongside a white building, with green lawn and potted plants beside it. Dozens of people sit in a long row on white plastic chairs and on a bench, eating from metal plates and steel thalis of food. Many wear white clothing; several women wear orange and maroon saris, and one woman in white on the left holds a plate. Some are seated with bare feet on the concrete floor. A few people stand and walk in the background near doorways. The atmosphere is an ashram-style communal meal, annadan.2009-09-01A large open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and rows of orange triangular pennants strung across it. Many people sit cross-legged on the bare concrete floor and on woven mats, most writing or reading on sheets of paper. Several wear orange or saffron robes, others wear white dhotis or white kurtas, and one woman in a white sari sits near the centre. Two tall decorated pillars with painted floral and bird motifs stand at the left and near the middle. Standing figures in orange and white move between the seated rows, and a stack of white plastic chairs and building blocks sits along the right side.2007-01-08