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Outdoor photo of a seated meditation gathering in an ashram courtyard with grey ash-covered ground and a banyan-like sapling. In the foreground at right, a man with long dark hair wears an orange sleeveless robe with a red mark on his forehead, sitting cross-legged with eyes closed. Behind him, a woman in a cream and orange-striped sari with a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded in her lap. Further back, another seated figure wears white and a woman with long hair sits in meditation. A brass kalasha stands on the ground at lower left, and a garland of marigolds hangs at right beside a white stone pedestal and carved stone sculptures.

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A photograph of a man seated cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden platform outdoors, wearing an orange saffron robe draped over one shoulder and a red bindi on his forehead, hands folded in his lap with eyes closed. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Behind him stands a white stone shrine structure with red and yellow marigold garlands hanging on its corner. Two women in white and yellow clothing sit meditating nearby, and a green leaf blurs the foreground. A metal vessel rests on the ground at lower right, and ash or embers lie on the ground in the background.2010-07-04Outdoor photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on a low wooden platform with an orange cushion, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap, in meditation. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a red tilak on his forehead and has long dark hair. A small brass kalasha-style vessel sits to his left on the ground. Behind him, a woman in white and another woman in a yellow shawl sit on the ash-covered ground near small fire pits of grey ash, with a white stone structure and a flower garland at the right edge.2010-07-07July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesA man in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat in an outdoor ritual area, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap in meditation. Behind him, three women in white clothes with yellow shawls sit on the sandy ground beside ash-covered circles, apparently participating in the same practice. Grey ash is scattered around, a small golden kalasha pot sits to his left, and a white stone platform with a garland of red and yellow flowers stands at right. Stone statues and carved pillars are in the background.2010-07-08A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala meditates with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap, a red bindi on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. He sits on a low orange-cushioned seat outdoors on bare ground. Behind him, a white stone pedestal is draped with red, white and yellow flower garlands. Two women in white saris sit in the background, one at left and one behind, with ash or burnt material on the ground nearby.2010-07-15A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged with eyes closed on a low wooden platform draped in orange cloth, in meditation. He wears an orange sleeveless wrap and a long black rudraksha mala. Smoke or haze surrounds the scene on a dusty ground. Behind him, two women in white and cream clothes with orange shawls also sit in meditation, and dark stone statues of deities stand against a whitewashed wall. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits at left, with a rangoli design on the ground near the bottom edge.2010-07-07A man seated cross-legged on the ground in meditation with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. He wears an orange saffron wrap over a sleeveless orange garment and a long dark rudraksha mala, with a red mark on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. Behind him, two women in white saris sit in meditation near a white stone platform decorated with red and white flower garlands. A large green leaf blurs the foreground edge of the frame, and the ground is bare earth with scattered ash-like debris.2010-07-15A man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation, wearing a sleeveless orange saffron wrap draped over his body and resting on an orange cushion. Behind him, two women in white sit in meditation, one wearing a yellow shawl. Grey carved stone figures and a tall white stone structure stand in an outdoor garden with palm trees, and a small golden pot sits in the lower left foreground.2010-07-04Outdoor photo of a man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair, a red bindi and a long rudraksha mala, seated with eyes closed in meditation. a person is the central figure in the foreground. Behind him, a woman in white sits cross-legged with eyes closed, and another seated woman in a pale sari is partly visible at left. Dark grey stone statues stand among palm trees and a white pedestal, including a cobra-hooded sculpture and a deity murti with multiple arms. Small red flowers lie on the ground near the white base at right.2010-07-23July 09 20102010-07-09August 05 20102010-08-05July 07 20102010-07-07