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Outdoor ritual scene beneath a tall coconut palm with fruit clusters, with leafy trees behind. A figure in an orange saffron shawl and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a mat at the front, facing left, with a small brass or glass vessel before them. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow sashes sit in a row behind and beside them. A smoke haze rises at the left edge. Along the white wall behind are grey stone deity statues and a trimmed yellow shrub, with a wooden door at right. A tin-roofed concrete building and dry thatch sit above the wall. a person is the orange-shawled figure at centre, identified by the saffron shawl and rudraksha mala.

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July 07 20102010-07-07August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesJuly 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor photo of a man with long swept-back dark hair seated cross-legged on an orange cushion, eyes closed, in orange robes with a rudraksha mala at the neck, in a meditative posture. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, orange robes and rudraksha mala. Beside him on the sandy ground sits a brass kalasha or lamp vessel. Behind him, a man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti with an orange shawl and sits on the ground beside a camera on a small tripod, and another person in white sits nearby. Palm trees, a white building with red window frames and a small red platform stand in the background under a pale sky.2010-08-10 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20102010-09-16 +1 copiesJuly 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 11 20102010-07-11September 14 20102010-09-14September 04 20102010-09-04 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a group performing a seated ritual on bare sandy ground at an ashram. In the foreground, a figure in orange robes with rudraksha mala beads sits cross-legged on a raised stone platform inside a ring of ash, with a brass vessel placed before him. Behind him, about five men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in a row on the ground, also within ash rings. Behind them stand a white building with red doors and windows, stone statues in rows and a bicycle. Orange cloth hangs in the doorway on the right and sacks lie near the wall.2010-07-10Outdoor ritual gathering in a sandy courtyard beside a white-walled compound, with palm trees and a thatched shelter at left. A central figure in an orange robe and orange head covering sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, gazing upward, with a dark stone deity murti and a carved Nandi bull draped in yellow and red garland at right. Around him, several people in white and orange sit on the ground, one in yellow shawl near the Nandi pedestal. A row of devotees in white shirts, pale kurtas and light-coloured clothing sit in the foreground facing the central figure, some with heads bowed. A small brass vessel stands near the seated figure, and a grey stone pavilion with deity sculptures stands in the background.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph at a temple grounds with a tall wooden kodimaram-style flagstaff draped in orange cloth and wrapped with yellow-and-red flower garlands, rising from a white pedestal that holds a black stone Nandi-like bull. A seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in the foreground on a small cushion before a circle of ash and a brass kalasha. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit cross-legged on ash circles, some on a striped mat, with smoke rising from fire pits. Palm trees and dark stone sculptures frame the scene, and a white kolam decorates the ground below.2010-07-07