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September 17 2010

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July 07 20102010-07-07Outdoor scene at an ashram courtyard with several men seated cross-legged on bare earth in white kurta-style clothing and yellow shawls, arranged around small circular fire pits with ash rings. One pit has a small flame and smoke rising. Behind them stand white stepped stone structures and a dark stone pillar with a basin, with palm trees and greenery in the background. Sunlight is low.2010-07-10Outdoors among tall palm trees, a row of men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on bare sandy ground in meditation. Several wear yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, and the front man on the left has a red tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala. Circular patches of grey ash or fire residue mark the ground around them, and a faint smoke rises in the background near a white pillar and a low wall. A man in white stands further back on the right. No one is identifiable as a person in this image.2010-07-14Outdoor photograph of a group of devotees seated cross-legged in white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow shawls, meditating in rows on mats on sandy ground among palm trees and frangipani. Small piles of ash or embers sit in circular patterns in front of them, with thin smoke rising near the left, consistent with a fire ritual setting. A white structure stands at the left edge, and a few more devotees in white stand or sit in the background. Some wear rudraksha malas. The scene shows a pancha tapas style sitting practice.2010-07-08Four men sit cross-legged outdoors on sandy ground in meditation or prayer posture, eyes closed. The central man wears a saffron-orange robe with an orange shawl and sits on a concrete slab inside a ringed fire pit with grey ash. To his left, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange-red shawl sits with hands folded, beside a brass plate. Behind them, a white-clad man in an orange shawl sits on a low platform in front of orange-red stone temple structures. At right, a young man in white clothes with a yellow shawl sits by another ash-filled pit. Palm trees and greenery surround a black stone shivalinga platform, and a red sign with white lettering stands near it.2010-09-06Outdoor photo of several men sitting cross-legged in meditation on bare earth at an ashram grounds. Four or five seated men wear white dhotis with yellow shawls, and one seated man in the left foreground wears an orange robe and orange shawl. They sit in dark circular ash-marked spots on the ground, with red-orange stone platforms, a dark stone shivalingam-like pedestal, palm trees and a yellow pole behind them. The scene is calm and still, with eyes closed in meditation. No figure is clearly identifiable as the a person, so the candidate is unsure.2010-09-04August 09 20102010-08-09July 20 20102010-07-20October 07 20102010-10-07Outdoors on bare earth, four shaved-headed men in white dhotis and sleeveless white vests sit cross-legged on mats within circular rings of ash and charcoal. The man at the front left wears a dark cord around his neck, and the man second from right wears an orange dhoti under his white cloth. Behind them, a man in white sits at the edge of the yard near a loudspeaker, and stone deity murtis stand along a low wall at left beside an empty wooden cart. Red brick buildings form the backdrop. No one is identified as a person in this scene.2010-09-16June 18 20102010-06-18Outdoor photograph of several men in white dhoti-style clothing with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas seated cross-legged on sandy ground in open circular fire-pit areas with grey ash. Smoke rises in the background among coconut palms, a wooden fence, a concrete wall and flowering plants. The foreground man sits with hands folded in prayer and eyes closed, while others sit with eyes closed or hands in lap and one stands at the rear.2010-07-08