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Outdoor photograph of a man seated cross-legged on a low wooden platform in meditation, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti and matching shawl draped over his shoulders, with a long strand of dark rudraksha beads around his neck and a red bindi on his forehead. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders. A small brass vessel with a spout sits on the sandy ground beside him. Behind him, two seated figures in orange and white clothing sit among scattered grey ash on the ground, and several large dark stone deity murti sculptures, including a hooded cobra-form figure, stand among palm trees.

A photograph of a man seated cross-legged in meditation on a low orange cushion in an outdoor courtyard. He wears an orange saffron robe draped over his shoulders and a long rudraksha mala with a red tilak on his forehead, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. Behind him, two men in white clothing with yellow shawls sit on the ground near small fire pits with ash and smoke. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits on the ground in front, and grey stone deity murtis and white pillars surround the open ground. a person is the seated saffron-clad man, shown with a rudraksha mala and orange robes.

July 07 2010

A photograph of an outdoor ritual space with a man seated cross-legged in meditation on an orange cushion placed on a low wooden platform over sand and grey ash. He wears an orange sleeveless robe with an orange wrap and a red tilak on his forehead, with long dark hair swept back. Behind him, a large white pedestal is draped with garlands of yellow and red flowers beside a dark stone deity murti. A small brass vessel stands at the left. Two women in white and yellow sit in the background near stone serpent and deity statues, with palm trees behind. Smoke drifts across the scene.

2010-07-04 +1 copies

Outdoor photo of a seated man in orange robes and a long rudraksha mala meditating with hands folded on an orange cushion on a ring of grey ash on the ground. Behind him a black stone Nandi statue draped with white, red and yellow garlands sits on a white pedestal, with palm trees in the background. Several people in white and yellow-shawled clothing sit at a fire pit with smoke rising, and a brass oil lamp stands at the foreground edge. The seated man in orange has long dark hair swept back, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial red mark on his forehead, cues consistent with Swamiji (probable) in meditation during a pancha-tapas fire ritual.

A man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on an orange cushion on a low wooden platform, eyes closed, hands folded in his lap, in an open outdoor courtyard. He wears a long dark braid-like hair style and a long rudraksha mala with a red tilak on his forehead. A small brass vessel stands beside him on the ground. Behind him stand large grey stone deity murtis, including a cobra-hooded sculpture, and a tall white structure appears at the right edge. Two women in white and red saris sit further back in the courtyard, and grey ash or burnt residue covers the ground between them. Smoke drifts around the seated man. The scene evokes meditation or a homa-style ritual.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes draped over his head and body sits cross-legged on a bare ground surface with eyes closed, a rudraksha mala hanging across his chest and a small red tilak on his forehead. Behind him stands a large white stepped pedestal topped by a dark stone deity murti draped in a garland of yellow and orange marigolds and red flowers. To the left a small brass vessel sits on the ground. In the background a standing man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow garland faces the shrine among palm trees, and a partially visible person in white stands at the right edge. Ashes and scattered petals are on the ground.

Outdoor photo at a temple-garden courtyard of stone deity sculptures. In the foreground a person in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala sits in lotus-style meditation on a woven mat and a rangoli-decorated stone platform ringed with white flower petals, with a small brass vessel beside them. Behind is a tiered orange-red pedestal holding a black Nandi-style stone form draped in white cloth and marigold garlands. Potted plants, a pigeon on the ground and a red-and-white metal stand appear at the edges.

Outdoor meditation scene at an ashram courtyard on bare earth. In the foreground a man in an orange saffron robe and dark rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on an orange cushion over a woven mat, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed, with a brass vessel beside him. Behind him, six men in white dhotis sit in circular ash-lined meditation spaces, several bare-chested, one in an orange robe, all in meditative posture. White kolam-style floral line drawings decorate the ground, and small clay shrines and seated figurines line the background wall.

A man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a wooden seat in a seated meditation posture, eyes closed, hands resting together in his lap. Behind him is a white pedestal topped by a dark stone deity murti draped with garlands of orange and red flowers. Two women in white sit on the ground to the left and centre, also meditating, near a bed of grey ash or burnt material. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits on the ground in the lower left. Garden foliage and a stone sculpture appear in the background.

July 11 2010

A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange head cloth sits cross-legged on an orange cushion with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a red-and-white tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a white pedestal holds a dark stone deity murti draped with garlands of yellow, red and pink flowers. A brass kalasha sits on the ground to his left. In the background, a woman in white with a yellow shawl sits near a smouldering fire pit with wooden logs and ash, and a few other people in white stand among palm trees and stone statues.