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Outdoor photo of a ritual courtyard with a sandy ground and small circular stone-edged fire pits arranged in rows. Many seated participants in white clothing with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on the ground around the pits, while a few wear other colours. Near the centre, a figure in an orange robe sits on a low platform beside a white raised structure and a tall copper-coloured pillar. Ritual stone sculptures and palm trees stand in the background. Audience members in white and some in dark clothing sit on a mat in the foreground, facing the courtyard. A small white building stands at left. Smoke rises from the pits.

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An outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground and palm trees, where many seated people in white clothes sit in a large congregation facing a central fire area. Several seated figures in small circular stone rings are arranged across the sand, some wearing yellow shawls and one in an orange robe. On the left, a seated figure in orange sits near a garlanded statue on a raised white platform beside a tall decorative pillar. Behind them are white shrine structures, stone figures and a small building. The seated congregation includes people in white kurtas and saris on mats, with some in red and yellow clothing.2010-07-04Outdoor photo of a courtyard temple setting at Pancha Tapas. A tall wooden pillar rises from a white square platform at centre, with a seated figure in orange and a seated statue or figure with garlands beside it. Around the courtyard, people sit in white and yellow clothing on small circular raised mats arranged in rows, while a man in white dhoti and shawl stands at right. Stone deity sculptures, palm trees and a white boundary wall frame the scene under an overcast sky. Several seated women in saris sit at the lower left edge beside a red-and-white bordered platform, and smaller seated figures are visible on the right.2010-07-04July 20 20102010-07-20July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene on sandy ground beneath tall coconut palms. At the center, a man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a circular raised platform before a white stepped pedestal holding a black Shiva lingam draped with a red-and-green garland, with a tall copper-colored kalasha-style pillar rising behind. Around him, about two dozen men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in a wide arc on similar circular platforms, several wearing orange or red shawls. A small brass vessel sits in front of the central figure, and smoke drifts across the left side near dark stone statues and deity murtis. A white kolam pattern is drawn on the ground at the bottom of the frame.2010-06-27Outdoor 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 courtyard ritual at an ashram. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats in circular marked spaces on sandy ground, facing a white stone structure with a tall ornamental column rising from its centre. Palm trees and a row of carved stone sculptures stand behind. A figure in an orange robe sits near the front centre on a mat, and another figure in orange sits on the white structure's base with a garland and flower decoration. A raised concrete platform with a red and white striped edge and a red roofed canopy occupies the foreground. Smoke rises from a fire area at right. Several standing people in white robes stand near the central structure, and a few others are seated at the left and right edges. Two people in saffron and orange sit near the centre.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor 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.2010-07-08An outdoor courtyard at a temple-style compound with palm trees and a tall copper-coloured pillar. Around a central white platform with a dark stone deity murti garlanded in marigolds, about twenty people sit cross-legged on circular raised rings of sand. Most wear white clothes with yellow shawls or scarves, and one person in the front-centre wears an orange robe and sits with hands together. Dark stone statues stand along the back wall, and a few onlookers in white sit at the bottom edge of the frame.2010-07-04July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground and tall coconut palms behind. A tall wooden pillar stands on a white plinth at centre. Several ring-shaped fire pits with smoke rise across the yard, with people in white clothes seated around them in meditation or ritual. Two figures in saffron/orange robes sit at the front centre facing the viewer, one closer to the plinth; one wears a shawl and appears to be a sannyasi, with an outline of a turban-like head covering. A white raised platform with red-and-white striped base sits in the foreground, with white-clad devotees seated on mats at the right and left edges. Stone deity sculptures stand in the background at left.2010-08-08Outdoor temple courtyard at dawn with tall palms and a tall brass-and-wood lamp post. A white raised platform holds a small white shrine in the centre, where a seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a mat in meditation. Around the courtyard, about a dozen seated people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in cross-legged meditation postures on circular patterned mats. Several white and grey pigeons perch on a red-and-white striped stone platform in the foreground. Small oil lamps or offerings sit on the ground before the central figure.2010-07-15