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Outdoor photograph of a courtyard set among tall coconut palms beside a white platform with a tall copper-coloured pillar and a seated figure in front. Around the open sandy ground, about twenty people sit cross-legged inside circular stone-ringed mats. Most wear white robes with yellow shawls, while several wear saffron-orange robes, including a central figure in orange with hands pressed together in namaskar. Stone guardian statues stand at the left edge, and a low white building with a green roof sits at the right. The scene suggests group meditation or prayer in a temple courtyard.

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Outdoor photo of a group of about 20 people seated in meditation in an open sandy courtyard surrounded by tall coconut palms. Most wear white clothing, while several wear saffron or orange robes and yellow shawls. Each person sits on a small circular ring of pale stones. Near the centre, a white stepped plinth supports a tall copper-coloured pillar, and a figure in orange robes with folded hands sits in front of it. Stone statues stand at the left edge, and a white building with a thatched shelter appears at the right. The scene conveys a Pancha Tapas practice session in an ashram courtyard.2010-07-10Outdoor temple courtyard with sandy ground and a tall palm-trunk-style pillar. A seated figure in orange robes sits on an orange cushion in the centre, with a small kalasha-like vessel nearby. Around them, about a dozen people in white clothes and yellow shawls sit cross-legged in meditative posture on circular gravel patches. A white raised plinth and stone deity murti stand in the background among coconut palms, with pigeons on the ground.2010-07-08Outdoor photo of a group meditating in a palm-shaded ashram courtyard. A white-painted shrine with a dark stone murti and a tall ornate brown pillar stands in the center. A seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits front and center on a pale circular mat, with a small brass lamp before them. Around the shrine, roughly a dozen people sit cross-legged on circular mats bordered by stones, several wearing white robes with yellow shawls and others in white and red garments. Stone sculptures stand at the left edge and a flat white platform with a copper-colored roofed structure sits in the foreground.2010-07-10Outdoor ashram courtyard with a tall wooden flagstaff rising beside a white plinth holding a black lingam-like deity murti garlanded with white flowers. Tall coconut palms and dark stone sculptures surround the open sandy ground. Around fifteen to twenty people sit cross-legged in meditation on circular raised rings of stones, mostly in white clothes with yellow shawls and some in orange. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits in the foreground on a central ring, and a standing man in white with a red stole stands by the plinth. Thin smoke rises from a small fire or incense in the background. A white stone platform with a red-roofed structure sits in the lower foreground.2010-07-28 +1 copiesJune 27 20102010-06-27Wide outdoor photo of a temple courtyard with a tall tapering pillar and a white stepped platform holding a black deity murti. Palm trees and grey stone sculptures line the grounds. Around twenty seated people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in rows on circular patterned mats in the sand. A seated figure in an orange robe sits near the front of the group in the centre. In the foreground, a small group of women in pale saris sits on mats beside a white platform with a red-and-white striped edge. The scene looks like a meditation or darshan gathering.2010-07-14July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a group seated in meditation in an open sandy courtyard surrounded by palm trees and greenery. A central seated figure in an orange robe with a red-orange mala sits in front of a white shrine-like structure topped with a tall ornamental finial and a dark stone deity murti or statue. Around them, about a dozen people sit cross-legged on circular stone-ringed mats, most in white clothing with yellow stoles, some wearing orange garments. Stone statues and urns stand at the left edge, and a low white platform with a red-roofed canopy occupies the foreground.2010-07-10September 14 20102010-09-14Photograph taken through an open doorway with wooden latticed screens, looking out onto an outdoor courtyard of sandy ground ringed by tall coconut palms. A white stepped platform with a tall brown pillar stands in the centre, with a dark deity murti seated on it, draped with garlands. In front of the platform a seated figure in orange robes meditates on a mat. Around them about two dozen people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on circular patterned mats in neat rows. A white-and-red striped raised platform lies in the foreground.2010-07-04Outdoor photo of a sacred courtyard with palm trees and a tall wooden pole rising behind a white stepped platform holding a dark deity murti decorated with marigold garlands. Around the open sandy ground, about two dozen people sit cross-legged in circular raised rings, many in white with yellow shawls and others in saffron-orange robes, appearing to meditate in rows. In the foreground a seated figure in a saffron robe faces the platform, with a white-clad figure seated to the left and a flat white dais in front. Stone figures and sculptures stand to the left, and a grey sky shows above the trees.2010-06-18Outdoor temple courtyard among coconut palms, with a white stepped plinth holding a tall copper-coloured pillar garlanded with marigold strings and a dark stone Nandi bull with a flower garland in front. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in meditative folded-hands pose on a low seat inside a circle of gravel. Around him, about a dozen people sit in white dhotis and kurtas and white sarees, several with yellow shawls, some with orange sashes, arranged in gravel-ringed seats. A dark stone standing deity statue and a stone pedestal stand at the left edge, with brass and ritual items on the ground.2010-07-14