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An outdoor temple courtyard of packed earth with circular marked patterns. A seated figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a small circle near the center, facing a white-painted square base with a lingam-like stone shape draped with a garland of red and white flowers. A tall brick pillar with a garland stands at the left, beside white plinths. Coconut palms and low village buildings with tiled roofs frame the background. At the lower right, a woman with light hair pulled back, wearing an orange-brown shawl, sits on a mat at the edge of a red-and-white painted platform.

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Outdoor temple courtyard with a tall copper-coloured dhvaja flagstaff draped with marigold garlands, standing beside a white-painted square plinth. Nandi bull statue in white cloth sits on a white platform near the flagstaff. A single figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on the sandy ground at the right, with coconut palms and low white-walled buildings with corrugated roofs behind. Circular concrete patches are laid across the dirt yard.2010-07-24Outdoor photograph of a sandy temple courtyard lined with coconut palms. Rows of seated people in white and saffron-orange clothing sit cross-legged on small circular raised platforms with pebble borders. Two white stepped plinths stand behind them, one with a tall copper-coloured dhwaja-style flagpole rising beside it, and a dark stone shivalinga-like object sits at the centre. A white building with red doors and orange accents lies to the right. At the front left, a person in orange robes sits upright, and another person in orange robes sits at the centre right of the rows. Several people in white sit in the background, with a few more standing at the far right near the building.2010-06-27Outdoor photo of a group of people sitting cross-legged in meditation on a sandy ground beside white stone plinths and a tall copper-coloured pillar, with coconut palms and a small white-walled building with red trim behind. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes, with a red-orange shawl, sits near the right, and a line of others in white clothes with yellow or orange shawls sits along the path. A woman in white with an orange shawl sits in the foreground.2010-07-10Outdoor temple courtyard of packed earth framed by tall coconut palms. A tall copper-coloured kalasha-style pillar garlanded with yellow and red flowers rises above white stepped plinths. A black stone Nandi bull statue wearing a white cloth and a garland sits on one plinth, and a white-painted pedestal holds a dark stone object. A single person in a long orange robe with head covered sits cross-legged on a circle of stone or gravel on the ground, facing the shrine structures. Several more circular patterns are drawn around the courtyard, and a stack of firewood lies nearby along with a low thatched-roof building.2010-07-24June 27 20102010-06-27Outdoor photo of a person seated cross-legged in meditation on a raised circular platform in an open dirt courtyard, enclosed by a ring of white lime or ash. The person wears an orange-saffron shawl draped over the head and body, hands folded in the lap. A small brass vessel sits at the left edge of the platform. Beside them stands a white-painted square pedestal with a dark stone Nandi bull figure wrapped in garlands of yellow and red flowers, and a tall copper-coloured spire rises behind. Palm trees, a white building with green roof, a bamboo fence and stacked firewood fill the background, with small figures near the right edge. Woven mats lie on the ground to the right.2010-07-24Outdoor photo of a temple-like courtyard under palm trees and a pale sky. In the centre, a person in orange robes sits cross-legged on a bare sandy patch in front of a small white altar platform, with a brass vessel placed before them on the ground. A tall copper-coloured kalasha pillar with red and white garlands rises at the right, beside a dark stone Nandi bull draped in garlands and a tall white plinth. Behind, dark stone deity murtis stand on pedestals against a white wall. Several people in white clothes and yellow-and-white shawls stand at the left near a red tractor and a large signboard. A mat lies on the ground in the foreground. Several people in white and yellow stand around the courtyard.2010-07-24August 01 20102010-08-01 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene in a dirt courtyard before white-painted shrines and a tall copper-clad pillar. Several seated devotees in white, yellow, orange and pink clothing sit around small fire pits and along a red-and-white bordered platform on the right. A seated figure in orange robes sits centrally near a black linga-like stone decorated with a yellow garland. Palm trees and a low white building with red doors frame the background, and an orange building on the right bears a signboard.2010-07-19Outdoor temple courtyard with a tall copper-coloured kalasha-like pillar rising from a white stepped plinth at the centre, a black stone deity murti seated on the plinth with a garland draped over it. Coconut palms surround the grounds. A single seated person in orange robes sits cross-legged on a circular patterned pavement in front of the plinth. Several dark granite sculptures stand along the left side, and a low white platform with a small metal-topped structure lies in the foreground. A red signboard stands near the left edge.2010-07-24Outdoor photo of a ritual fire-offering area in an open dirt courtyard beside a tall copper-coloured lamp pillar and a white stone platform with a large white statue of a seated deity. Several dozen participants sit cross-legged in a row inside circular ash-rimmed fire pits, with smoke rising. Most wear white clothes; a few wear yellow or saffron-orange shawls and orange sashes. Tall coconut palms and a low tiled building with a green roof form the background. Visible people are seated, in a homa-style ritual setting.2010-07-11July 02 20102010-07-02 +1 copies