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Outdoor 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.

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July 07 20102010-07-07A 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.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor 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 courtyard at a temple complex lined with tall coconut palms. Men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged in a grid on circular kolam-marked patches of sand, facing a white plinth with a dark deity murti draped with a garland. A figure in saffron/orange robes sits on a seat at the front left, near the white shrine, in front of a tall ornate wooden pillar. A seated crowd of men in shirts and mundus sits on a mat at right, and pigeons gather on the paved stone floor with white kolam designs in the foreground. A small white building with a green corrugated roof stands at the back right.2010-07-08July 11 20102010-07-11An outdoor photograph of a ceremony in a palm-lined courtyard with sandy ground and a tall copper-coloured column. A seated figure in orange robes with a garland sits near a white stepped platform in the centre. Around the courtyard, men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit cross-legged on small mats, with small fire pits and offerings before them. In the foreground, a row of seated devotees in casual clothes, including a child in a green shirt, faces the ritual. A standing attendant on the right wears an orange shawl over white. Dark stone sculptures stand behind the platform. Overcast sky above.2010-07-08Outdoor 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 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.2010-07-04June 27 20102010-06-27Photograph taken through an open doorway with wooden latticed screens, looking out onto an outdoor courtyard of sandy ground ringed by tall coconut palms. A white stepped platform with a tall brown pillar stands in the centre, with a dark deity murti seated on it, draped with garlands. In front of the platform a seated figure in orange robes meditates on a mat. Around them about two dozen people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on circular patterned mats in neat rows. A white-and-red striped raised platform lies in the foreground.2010-07-04July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copies