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Outdoor ashram courtyard with a seated group in white and yellow clothing around low ash-covered fire pits in the foreground, and a central figure in saffron-orange robe with an orange shawl seated on an orange cushion near a black stone Nandi bull draped with a garland, flanked by carved stone deity panels and a palm frond in front. Several seated devotees in white and pale shirts face the platform, watching the ritual. Palm trees and a stone structure with a tall decorated pillar stand behind. The central saffron-clad figure appears to be a sannyasi leading the rite, though the appearance is uncertain and no reliable identification is made.

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Outdoor ashram gathering in front of a Shiva lingam with a large black Nandi bull statue, garlanded with marigolds, and a tall copper-coloured temple pillar. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged on an orange mat, flanked by other seated figures in orange and white. Around them, about two dozen men in white shirts and white dhotis sit on the sandy ground facing the group, some with folded hands. Palm trees, a boundary wall and a red banner stand behind. Ritual pits with ash are set on the ground nearby. The central saffron-robed figure cannot be confidently identified from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.2010-08-01Outdoor photo of a seated group in a palm-fringed garden at an ashram. Around him, several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit on the ground, some with hands folded. In the left foreground, a black Nandi bull statue draped with marigold garlands sits on a white plinth, with a stone lamp pillar at the top edge. Smoke drifts through the trees.2010-07-07July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of a outdoor temple courtyard with grey stone sculptures of deities and animal figures along the back, a tall white pillar with a flower garland at right, and palm trees behind. In the centre, a man in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a white platform in meditation, with a small brass vessel and a smoking incense or fire pot beside him. Several people in white and yellow or orange robes sit on the ground around the platform, and two onlookers in white clothes face away from the camera in the foreground, one with long black hair and one grey-haired, partly framed by green leaves. Four to five seated and standing figures are visible in total.2010-07-04A photograph of a seated meditation gathering in an outdoor temple courtyard with stone deity sculptures and a white plinth. 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Near the front right, a figure in a saffron-orange robe and head covering sits on a low wooden seat beside a brass vessel, with a few people in orange shawls seated at the front left.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor sacred grounds surrounded by coconut palms and black stone deity statues. A tall copper-clad pillar stands behind a white raised platform holding a dark seated stone deity with a yellow-and-red garland. In the foreground, a young man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged in a circular stone-ringed meditation space, his palms together, a small brass vessel beside him. Around the grounds, several men and women in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in similar circles, some with hands folded in prayer. Wisps of smoke rise near the central platform.2010-07-03 +1 copies