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Outdoor photo at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and a red-roofed building behind. A row of men in white ritual clothes and white shirts stand on a sandy ground with coloured kolam rangoli patterns near a small fire pit. One man in white dhoti kneels and bends forward to touch the ground, another in a white shirt and light blue trousers touches his chest with a hand, and a bearded man in white kurta with rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. A woman in a light grey sari stands at the right edge. Bamboo mats lie on the ground and a wooden temple structure stands at the right. No one in the image is identifiable as a person.

Outdoor photo of several men and a girl gathered around a circular stone-edged fire pit on bare earth, with white rangoli designs and red dot motifs around its rim and a woven mat laid beside it. A man in a white shirt and light trousers bends forward with his hand near the ash in the pit, while another in a white shirt and blue jeans leans over. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala stands with hands folded, and a man in a white shirt and jeans has his hand raised at his head. Behind them, a girl in white with a shawl stands near a red-and-white pillar, and a man in white dhoti stands at the left edge beside a red-roofed building. The scene suggests a fire ritual with offerings, though no clear homa is visible.

Outdoor photo of a monastic training session on a dirt ground with many circular mud-rimmed sand pits arranged across the yard. Several people sit cross-legged inside the circles, dressed in white and some in orange cloth. A bare-chested man in an orange wrap stands at left holding a long stick, and other men in white dhotis and kurtas stand or sit nearby. A red-roofed building with a green corrugated roof and a saffron flag stands in the background, with palm trees and stacked bricks around the yard.

March 03 2011

Outdoor photo at a temple construction site beneath banyan trees. A worker in a white shirt and white trousers bends low to mark a yellow-painted line on stone pavement, with a yellow line traced across the ground beside a mound of excavated red earth. Around him, a row of men stands watching: one in a checked shirt and orange-brown lungi, one in a beige shirt, one in a teal top and green lungi, one in a pink shirt and green lungi, and one in a white shirt and white dhoti holding a rope. On the right, a bare-armed man in an orange-red cloth with rudraksha beads stands beside a bald man in white, and a man with long dreadlocks in a white dhoti with gold border stands at the edge. Another man in white with a steel pot pours water near the excavated mound. Red brick edging and a fence are visible behind.

Outdoors under dappled tree shade, a long-haired figure in an orange-saffron robe lies prostrate with forehead to the ground on a white cloth, in full-length pranam before a brick-lined yagna or puja area at the right edge. Behind them, a crowd of devotees stands in white and cream clothing; a man in the centre-front wears white with a red-and-gold shawl and holds his hands in anjali, another man in white stands beside him with hands folded, and a woman at left wears a white sari with a purple head covering. Brass offerings and a fruit plate sit on the raised platform at right.

November 24 2006

October 31 2010

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Outdoor photograph of a ritual at an ashram courtyard with a red-brick building under a green metal roof and palm trees behind. Many participants sit cross-legged inside circular rings of stones or logs on bare ground, most wearing white and some in saffron/orange robes. A standing person in a long orange robe holds a stick and tends the circles, and small oil lamps flame at the edges of several rings. A seated figure in white at the centre-front has a bowl before them. Near the centre, a man with white hair and a white robe sits in a circle, and a saffron-clad figure stands nearby. A saffron and white flag and a small canopy stand in the background, and a parked silver SUV is visible on the right. Approximately 25 people are visible.

Outdoor yoga session on a lawn in front of a low building with thatched palm-roof shelter. A man in center wears a white dhoti and white kurta with gold-bordered shawl draped over his shoulders, standing on a light green mat with a phone beside him. Around him, about six people on colored mats (blue, purple) bow forward in white kurtas and dhotis, one woman in red and white salwar, and a man in orange shirt watches. Shoes rest on the grass. Mostly ordinary white ritual clothes; no distinctive a person cues visible.

August 17 2006

August 17 2006