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Outdoor meditation session on a sunny courtyard beside a white plinth and a black stone statue of a seated deity garlanded with orange and yellow marigold strands. A man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged in meditation with hands folded, eyes closed. Behind him, several people in white and yellow shawls sit in meditation, including a woman on the left in white with a red border and a man on the right wearing a yellow shawl and white clothes, holding a small brass dish. A small brass vessel sits on the paved ground in front. Palm fronds frame the foreground and a black backpack rests on the plinth. Sand and ash-like debris cover the ground around the plinth.

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A photograph of a seated meditation gathering in an outdoor temple courtyard with stone deity sculptures and a white plinth. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed on a white platform. Behind him, a stone Nandi bull with garlands of orange flowers sits beside a white pedestal. Several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit or kneel nearby, including a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl seated beside a backpack and an orange flower. Tall palms and a large dark stone statue with a spear stand in the background, and a green palm frond blurs the foreground.2010-07-15Outdoor photo of a seated group in meditation beside a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with red and yellow flower garlands, set on a white pedestal. A central man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a rudraksha mala and sits with eyes closed and hands folded, a brass vessel placed before him on a sandy ground with scattered ash. Around him, men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in meditation, and a woman with grey hair in a bun sits in white in the foreground. Green plumeria tree and leaves frame the scene.2010-07-07August 02 20102010-08-02 +1 copiesJune 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor ritual scene at a temple complex surrounded by palm and tropical trees. A man in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged in the centre of a circular gravel-ringed seat, hands clasped, facing a white stepped plinth topped with a black stone Nandi bull draped in red and white flower garlands. Around him, about a dozen people sit in circular gravel seats in white dhotis and white kurtas, several with yellow or saffron shawls, hands folded in prayer. A brass kalasha stands near the front. A tall ornate golden spire-like structure rises behind the plinth.2010-07-04A man in a flowing saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged in meditation on a wooden seat over a grey gravel platform, hands folded in his lap and eyes closed. Behind him a black stone Nandi bull with a garland of yellow and red marigolds sits on a white pedestal, beside a golden kalasha-style vessel placed at the front. Several other people in white and yellow clothes sit in meditation in the background among dark stone deity sculptures and palm trees. Two people in orange are also seated on the left. The scene is an outdoor temple courtyard.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJune 28 20102010-06-28Outdoor ritual scene at a temple courtyard. In the foreground a seated sadhaka in saffron-orange robes with a head covering and a rudraksha mala sits in meditation on a low wooden platform, hands folded, with a brass kalasha vessel placed before him on a circle of ash. Behind him several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit in rows on ash-marked ground, eyes closed or reading from books. To the left a black stone nandi bull, garlanded with yellow and red flowers, rests on a white plinth beside a brass lamp stand. Palm trees and a flowering shrub frame the background, with incense smoke rising. Seated, no one is standing.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard. A man in a saffron-orange robe and matching head wrap sits cross-legged at the centre of a circular fire pit of ash, hands folded, a small brass vessel placed before him. Around him, several people in white clothes sit in similar circular fire pits, some wearing yellow or red shawls and rudraksha malas. A standing man in white with a red shawl and a long-haired man in white with a yellow shawl stand to the left beside a black stone Nandi figure garlanded with orange and white flowers under an orange canopy. Palm trees and flowering shrubs frame the background.2010-07-09A man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised platform in an outdoor ashram setting, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap while smoke rises around him. Behind him stands a large dark stone deity murti draped with a garland of orange and white flowers, set on a white-painted pedestal. Two men in white kurtas with yellow shawls sit in meditation to the right, one beside a grey backpack. A brass kalasha-style pot sits on the ash-covered ground at lower left, with palm trees in the background. The scene reads as a ritual meditation or homa-style sitting. a person: long swept-back hair, saffron robes and rudraksha mala, with a red bindi.2010-07-15