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Outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard where seated participants sit on mats before circular ash-filled fire pits arranged on bare earth. A large black stone Nandi bull with a marigold garland rests on a white pedestal at left. Most participants wear white garments with yellow shawls, while the man at right, seated with a brass vessel before him, wears an orange robe and has long hair tied back. Behind them stand a white building with a tiled roof, small green shrubs, and a row of stone figures. Palm trees and a faint haze of smoke appear in the background, with several people counted in the scene.

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July 04 20102010-07-04Outdoor photo of a group of people seated in meditation or ritual on sandy ground arranged with circular ash or powder rings. Several wear white dhotis with yellow shawls, and a woman at the front-left wears a white garment with an orange shawl. A woman seated at the right wears an orange robe and sits beside a small brass vessel. Behind them stands a large black Nandi bull statue draped with a marigold and red flower garland on a white pedestal, with white painted structures, palm trees and a bicycle in the background. Six to seven people are visible.2010-07-04Outdoor ritual on a sandy courtyard before a white-plastered building and a large black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with red and yellow flowers on a white pedestal. A row of people sits cross-legged on the sand in white clothes with yellow shawls and orange scarves, with small smoke-filled fire pits and grey ash rings in front of them. A seated figure in an orange robe and orange head wrap, with a brass kalasha beside him, stands out at the right. Several small stone figures are visible in the background, and palm trees surround the compound.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a group of devotees seated in rows on bare sandy ground in front of a white ashram building, with palm trees behind. In the foreground a woman in cream and orange robes sits on a grey-gravel patch; further seated people wear white and cream clothes. Near centre, a figure in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform with a small brass vessel in front, the only person in orange among the group, with others in white. A large black stone Nandi bull with a garland of marigolds sits on a white pedestal, and a white pillar stands at left. Smoke rises through the trees. Robed devotees appear to be in meditative or ritual sitting.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor scene in a palm-lined compound with sandy ground. A large dark stone Nandi bull statue with garlands of yellow and red flowers sits on a white pedestal at left. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on mats in rows, some wearing red or yellow shawls. Two prominent figures in saffron orange robes sit in the foreground: one at far left facing away, and one at center-right seated before a brass kalasha or pot with a small lamp, with a yellow-and-orange-clad figure wearing an orange headwrap nearby. A low white building with a tin roof and small shrines with stone deities stands behind them. Small fire pits or ash circles are marked on the ground.2010-08-07A photograph of an outdoor ritual in a sandy courtyard lined with palm trees. A black stone Nandi bull with a garland of red and yellow flowers sits on a white pedestal at left. Several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on mats in rows facing the Nandi. Near the front right, a figure in a saffron-orange robe and head covering sits on a low wooden seat beside a brass vessel, with a few people in orange shawls seated at the front left.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at a temple grounds with a white stepped platform holding a black Nandi bull statue garlanded with red and yellow marigolds. In the foreground a person in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange head cloth sits cross-legged in meditation at the centre of a circular ash/ash-ring ground, with a small brass pot before them. Around the scene, five other people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditative postures, and a man in white and yellow at right tends a small offering tray or incense. Dark stone deity and serpent sculptures stand in the background among palm trees, with a copper kalasha-type finial atop the platform.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 21 20102010-07-21July 20 20102010-07-20July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual in a garden of granite deity murtis and white stone shrines under palm trees. At the centre, a figure in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged in a small circular fire pit of grey ash, with smoke rising beside a brass kalasha. Behind him, a black stone Nandi bull wears a marigold and red flower garland on a white pedestal. Around the ring of pits, several people in white dhotis and white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditation or homa posture, and a woman in orange sits at left. Seven people are visible in total. The figure at centre has long hair and distinctive saffron and rudraksha cues consistent with the page, so he is recorded as a probable Swamiji in person.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoors in a courtyard of stone deity statues and palm trees, a seated figure in orange-saffron robes sits cross-legged before a circular fire pit of ash, with white smoke rising around. Behind a white plinth a black stone Nandi bull wears a garland of yellow and red flowers. Several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit on the ground around smaller ash pits, performing a fire ritual. A brass vessel and a small plate lie near the central seated figure. Statues of deities stand in the background.2010-07-03 +1 copies