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A photograph of a courtyard ceremony outdoors among palm trees. Many people in white clothes, several with yellow cloths or scarves, sit in rows on mats and paving facing a bare sandy area with small circular fire pits or ash rings arranged in a grid. Some seated participants hold their hands together in prayer, and a few older men sit on chairs near the front. Behind them stand a row of small seated stone figures on a low wall, a red-and-white structure, a rooftop with a garland hanging from a post, and banana or palm foliage. Several people wear orange, blue and light shirts among the white-clad group. No single figure is clearly identifiable from the image alone.

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July 07 20102010-07-07Outdoor ashram gathering in a courtyard with a sandy ground and low white buildings with red doors and tin roofs. Many people sit in rows on mats, most dressed in white, with some in red, orange and yellow. In the front row, several men in white sit cross-legged on small circular raised rings, some wearing yellow shawls. A row of small statues stands near the buildings. A few people sit on the stone platform at lower left and along the right edge, with palm plants in pots. Floor kolam patterns are drawn on the ground. Palm trees and greenery surround the scene.2010-07-04Outdoor ashram courtyard with tall palm trees behind single-storey white buildings with red doors and green corrugated roofs. Rows of seated people in white clothes sit on mats facing a standing man in white at the centre, while others in yellow sashes and red and orange garments sit on small circular mats on the sand. Several dozen people are visible, many with heads bowed or facing forward. A low white platform with red and white trim stands in the foreground beside potted plants and pigeons, and a row of small figurines is set along the courtyard edge.2010-07-04An outdoor courtyard of a temple-style ashram with coconut palms behind it. Several rows of people in white clothes sit on a sandy ground across circular stone-rimmed fire pits, with smoke rising from them. Around a dozen men in white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged in the pits' area, some in yellow or saffron-coloured cloths, while a larger group of seated devotees in white and grey clothes watches from mats and chairs in the foreground. A small child in red sits among them. A white-and-red striped platform lies at left, and a line of small stone figures stands near a white building at the back. This appears to be a homa or fire ritual.2010-07-07August 01 20102010-08-01Outdoor ritual scene in a palm-grove compound with a sandy ground and tiled courtyard. Many people in white clothing sit in rows on mats and on the ground, facing a group of small fire pits (homa kundas) with smoke rising. Several men in yellow sashes sit at the pits. At left, a white-painted shrine structure holds a dark Shiva lingam with a garland, and a tall stone pillar stands behind it. A person in orange robes sits near the shrine. Standing figures in white move among the rows. At right, seated devotees in white and a few in red and orange watch, with potted plants and a red-and-white striped platform in the foreground. Painted kolam designs decorate the tiles.2010-07-04Outdoor ritual gathering in a courtyard beneath tall coconut palms, with a tall copper-colored ceremonial pillar and white stone shrine structures behind. In the foreground, many seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats facing the open ground. On the sandy courtyard, a row of seated participants in white with yellow shawls sit on circular stone-bordered mats around the pillar area, and a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged at the front. A small group in orange and red sits near the left side. A signboard map stands at the left edge. Several people in white, some in turbans, watch the ritual from the audience area.2010-06-27Outdoor photo of a group practising seated meditation on a paved courtyard with a dusty ground behind. On the left, a raised platform is draped with an orange cloth and edged with red and white paint; a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged there, while another person sits near the front of the platform. Behind them, about six men in white shirts and yellow shawls sit cross-legged inside circular fire pits with ash, and a line of seated devotees in white shirts and dhotis faces the platform. A wooden pole stands at the centre, and rows of small stone figures are visible at the upper right. Firewood is stacked in the background.2010-09-04December 18 20102010-12-18Outdoor ashram gathering in a palm-lined courtyard. Dozens of people sit cross-legged on mats in white clothes, many with yellow shawls or garlands, arranged in rows facing a raised white platform on the left. A figure in an orange robe sits at the far left beside a small white shrine topped with a dark deity murti, garlanded in yellow. Circular patterned mats are laid on the sandy ground. Right side shows a low white building with a red door and a row of small seated statues along a wall. Coconut palms and a tall banyan-like tree fill the background.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a seated group on a paved hexagonal-tile courtyard at an ashram-style compound. Thirty-plus men and boys in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged on mats and cloth in rows, facing left toward a small raised platform with a mic stand and loudspeaker. On the right, several people sit on white plastic chairs: a man in a white kurta and tan trousers, an older man in a light blue shirt, and a bearded man in a white dhoti and kurta with a red-bordered cloth over his shoulder. Behind them are white single-storey buildings with red doors, a banyan-style tree and palms, and a white pigeon in the foreground.2010-07-04