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Outdoor scene of Pancha Tapas, a fire-meditation practice, on sandy ground under palm trees. Several participants sit cross-legged in circular rings of grey ash, eyes closed, in white kurtas with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders. Behind them, figures in orange robes sit near a parked silver SUV. A tall copper-toned ceremonial flagpole with an orange flag rises at right, beside a white plinth and a seated white statue garlanded with flowers. A thatched hut and an information board with a map stand at left. Seven or more physical people are visible, most seated in meditation.

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Outdoor scene of people seated in meditation on sandy ground inside circular rings of grey ash, a practice of Pancha Tapas (five fires). In the foreground a young man in white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow shawl sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands resting on his knees. Further back, more men in white with yellow shawls sit in similar rings, and a figure in orange robes sits near a white-painted platform. A tall copper-coloured ceremonial flagstaff with an orange flag rises at right beside a white stupa-like structure with a bronze statue and a garlanded seated figure in white. Coconut palms, thatched huts, a silver SUV and a painted information board sit behind them under pale sky.2010-07-10Outdoor photo of a sandy courtyard at an ashram-style site where around a dozen people sit cross-legged in circular ring pits filled with ash and stones. Most wear white clothes with yellow shawls; a woman in the foreground wears an orange-bordered white sari, and two people in orange robes sit at left. A tall copper ritual flagpole with a finial rises behind white stepped platforms topped with dark statues, flanked by coconut palms and a thatched hut. A small map board stands at left.2010-08-01Outdoor ritual scene on a dirt ground beneath palm trees. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on striped mats facing a central area. A woman in orange robes sits in the middle near a small fire pit with smoke rising. Several young men in white with yellow shawls sit on white platforms to the right. A tall copper-coloured ceremonial pole topped with a trident and orange flags rises on the right, beside a large white base. A small iron trident stands on a pedestal in the centre, and dark stone murti sculptures are visible behind. A white-clad man in the left foreground stands above the seated crowd, and a silver van and thatched structures are at the left edge.2010-07-04August 02 20102010-08-02 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20July 05 20102010-07-05 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard with tall palm trees and a tall copper-coloured pillar topped with a finial. In the centre, a seated figure in orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and a brass lamp in front, sits on a low orange-draped seat inside a ring of pebbles above a smoking ash pit. Around the courtyard, several people in white and yellow sit in similar pebble-ringed fire pits with smoke rising, a homa or yagna setting. Behind them, a white raised platform holds a dark stone deity murti or seated statue garlanded with yellow flowers, and a dark standing statue stands further back. Smoke drifts through the scene.2010-07-11Outdoors in a palm-lined compound, seven shaved-headed men sit cross-legged on square stone platforms around small ring-shaped fire pits with grey ash, in what appears to be a yagna or homa setting. Most wear white dhotis and white upper cloths with red borders; the man second from the right in the back wears an orange robe, and another in the back row wears a yellow cloth. Red-painted stone shrine structures stand at the left, a tall wooden pole rises in the centre, and a standing person in white stands at the far right near a stacked pile of firewood.2010-09-20Outdoor scene of a group of people seated cross-legged in meditation on bare ground arranged in rings of grey ash, each with a pale circular mat in the centre. Most wear white kurta-style clothes with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, hands in anjali mudra or resting in lap. One seated figure in the foreground, in white with a yellow shawl, has hands pressed together. Behind them stand white-plastered platforms and a tall ornate stone pillar with a kalasha-like top, a dark stone sculpture of a seated figure, palm trees and a thatched hut. A white SUV and a silver car are parked at left, and a directional map board stands near the huts. A single person in orange robes sits among the group at left. The photo is watermarked at the lower right.2010-07-15Outdoor photo of a Panchatapas ritual on bare earth with circular ash-filled fire pits. In the foreground a man in white kurta with a yellow shawl sits cross-legged with hands folded, eyes lowered. Behind him a second man in white with a yellow shawl sits by a fire pit. A figure in orange saffron robes with a red mala sits on a wooden platform in the background. At right, a woman in an orange sari sits beside a pit. A red-and-white banner at upper right carries Kannada text. A woman in a purple sari and a seated elderly person in orange stand in the far background, with palm trees and thatched sheds behind.2010-07-19July 11 20102010-07-11July 09 20102010-07-09