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Outdoor photo of a dusty courtyard in front of a low white temple building with a red-trimmed doorway and a tiled roof, palm trees behind. A woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged on the sand with a rudraksha-style necklace, facing the building. Several people in white clothes sit on the ground to the left and centre, and a standing man in white with a yellow shawl stands near the doorway. Two white pigeons walk on the sand in the foreground. A striped white and red wall and a red-and-yellow garland hanging on a pole sit at the right, and a grey statue is visible inside the doorway.

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July 02 20102010-07-02July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor photo of a ritual fire at an open dirt courtyard beside a white building with a corrugated roof and red doors. A large black stone Nandi bull with red and yellow garlands sits at left. A figure in an orange saffron robe with a draped head covering sits cross-legged at the centre near a smoking fire, with a brass vessel nearby. Two women in cream saris with orange sashes sit at left, and several men in white dhotis and white shirts sit in a row on the right and near the fire. A white pigeon and a grey pigeon walk on the ground in the foreground. Palm and shade trees fill the background.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesAn outdoor ritual on a dusty ground in front of a white single-storey building with red doors and a tiled roof. In the left foreground, a person in saffron-orange robes with a draped orange shawl sits cross-legged before a brass vessel, with a long swept-back hairstyle and a rudraksha-style bead garland visible. Around this seated figure, several men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit in a row, and smoke rises from ash or embers on the ground. A bald man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands in the centre, with two more men in white and a seated group on the right near a red-and-white striped railing. A pigeon walks across the foreground. Garlands of marigolds hang on a pillar at right.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of an outdoor sitting session on a dirt ground in front of a white single-storey building with a corrugated roof. In the left foreground a man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron wrap sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform, with a brass vessel beside him and a rudraksha mala visible at his neck; he has short hair and no distinctive long hair, crown or ornate gold adornment, so the figure cannot be confidently matched to a person. Behind him about six men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit in a row on gravel, some with hands on their laps. A white dove and a grey pigeon walk on the dirt in the middle distance. Stone statues and potted plants sit along the building wall, and a scooter is parked at the right.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor courtyard at a temple-style campus under tall coconut palms. A man in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a raised white platform beside a dark stone sculpture garlanded with red and yellow flowers, with a brass lamp in front of him. Around him, about a dozen people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in rows on sandy ground, some with hands in meditation posture. White and grey pigeons walk across the paved foreground, and a white shed and small brick structure stand at the right. A tall ornate pillar rises at the left edge.2010-07-08Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees, a white-painted square platform with a low reddish metal roof in the foreground, and pigeons around it. Rows of people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on mats and raked gravel circles in the background. A seated figure in orange robes sits near a dark black stone deity murti garlanded with red and yellow flowers at left. Two more people in orange robes sit on mats at right, one near a small white building. Several pigeons, both grey and white, walk on the concrete.2010-07-08Outdoor ashram scene on a sandy yard under coconut palms, with thatched-roof huts behind. On the right, a man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe, facing left toward a row of seated women in white and yellow-trimmed saris and orange shawls. Ash or ritual residue marks the ground in front of him, and pigeons peck around the sand. A standing man in a white dhoti stands near the huts, and a small girl in orange sits on a mat. A tiered offering area and a seated figure in orange appear beneath a hut, with a plastic chair and motorbike nearby. The setting suggests a satsang or homa gathering.2010-07-08A photograph of a seated group on bare ground in front of a white-walled building with a tiled roof. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes with a draped shawl and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a wooden platform beside a brass vessel, eyes closed. Behind him, a row of men in white dhotis and white shirts wear yellow shawls and sit in meditation, with grey stone statues and potted plants along the wall. A white pigeon walks on the dirt in the middle distance.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and a white stepped plinth topped by a dark stone Nandi-like bull figure with a red and yellow garland. A man in orange robes sits cross-legged at the front on an orange cloth mat, with a small brass lamp beside him, while about a dozen people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in rows behind him on sandy ground. Several pigeons, one white, walk across the pale concrete in the foreground. Small white shrine structures and stone figures line the background.2010-07-08