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A photograph of a outdoor temple courtyard with grey stone sculptures of deities and animal figures along the back, a tall white pillar with a flower garland at right, and palm trees behind. In the centre, a man in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a white platform in meditation, with a small brass vessel and a smoking incense or fire pot beside him. Several people in white and yellow or orange robes sit on the ground around the platform, and two onlookers in white clothes face away from the camera in the foreground, one with long black hair and one grey-haired, partly framed by green leaves. Four to five seated and standing figures are visible in total.

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Outdoor photograph of a sandy temple courtyard at a Pancha Tapas site. In the foreground a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with long hair sits cross-legged on a circle of grey ash, beside a small brass kalasha pot. Nearby on a white plinth sits a black Nandi bull statue draped with a marigold and red flower garland. Around the courtyard, several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditation on ash-ringed circles, and white-clad figures sit at the right edge. Behind them stand dark grey stone statues of deities and a white stepped pavilion with a dark granite base, with palm trees and a white wall in the background.2010-07-04Outdoors in a courtyard of stone deity sculptures and palm trees, a man in orange robes sits cross-legged on an orange cushion at the centre of a circular ring of grey stones, with his hands folded in his lap and his eyes closed. 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Potted plants and a white boundary wall complete the setting.2010-07-04Outdoor photo of a meditation garden with dark grey stone statues of deities and a large stone Nandi bull with a flower garland beside a white pedestal. A man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat at the centre, hands folded in meditation, with a brass pot beside him. Several devotees in white and yellow sit in meditation on circular gravel rings around the courtyard, and a man in white with a yellow shawl sits at the right. Pigeons walk on the sandy ground and palm trees and a white temple spire stand behind. a person: the seated saffron-robed man has long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, and is the focal figure of the meditation session.2010-07-08June 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor photo of a temple grounds with palm trees and dark stone sculptures. 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Around the courtyard several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in similar gravel circles, one in an orange garment. Behind them a large black Nandi bull statue wears a red and yellow garland in front of a white stepped pedestal, with a tall ornate lamp stand and assorted stone deity murti sculptures in the background. Devotees are in a meditative or puja posture.2010-07-08