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Outdoor scene at dusk in a sandy open courtyard with palm trees around. Several circular fire pits are lit with burning ring-shaped flames, each set around a flat stone slab. Behind them stands a tall wooden pole with carved decorative top and white stepped stone platforms. A small signboard and thatched shed are visible at left. No people are visible in the frame.

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July 28 20102010-07-28July 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesDusk view of an outdoor ritual ground with a tall tree trunk pole wrapped with cord standing on a white stepped platform, with a dark seated figure at its base and a small fire burning near it. Around the ground, numerous circular rings of glowing embers or fire pits are arranged in rows on bare earth, some with small flames, with palm trees and blue evening sky behind. Two white-clad people walk on the left and in the background, and smoke rises from the fires. The scene suggests a pancha-tapas fire-sitting ritual with fire pits arranged around a central pole.2010-07-28 +1 copiesA dusk photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard at Bidadi with palm trees silhouetted against a dark blue sky. Several glowing circular rings of red-orange embers or fire lie on the sandy ground, arranged in concentric patterns. On the right stands a white stepped pedestal beneath a dark stone deity murti or shrine figure with a crescent-shaped ornament. No people are visible.2010-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesDusk view of an outdoor ritual ground at a temple-like compound with a tall wooden flagstaff topped with a small figure, set on a white stepped plinth with a seated deity murti. Around it lie many circular fire pits with burning flames and smoke, some with rings of stones. Several people in white and light clothing stand and walk across the sandy courtyard, one holding a bundle, with coconut palms and a blue evening sky behind. A raised stone platform with a dark cloth sits in the foreground.2010-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 08 20102010-07-08July 28 20102010-07-28Dusk view of an open courtyard at a temple-style ashram with a tall wooden flagstaff, a dhvajastambha, rising from a white stepped plinth near palm trees. Several small ring-shaped arrangements of burning oil lamps glow across the sandy ground, with a seated deity murti visible at the base of the pole and a fire pit-like stone platform in the foreground edged in red and white bands. Two figures in white clothing walk near the shrine, and a third person in white stands at the right edge, with a kolam design drawn on the pavement in the lower corner. Hazy smoke hangs in the blue evening light.2010-07-28August 03 20102010-08-03