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Outdoor 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.

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Outdoor 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 ashram gathering in a courtyard with a sandy ground and low white buildings with red doors and tin roofs. Many people sit in rows on mats, most dressed in white, with some in red, orange and yellow. In the front row, several men in white sit cross-legged on small circular raised rings, some wearing yellow shawls. A row of small statues stands near the buildings. A few people sit on the stone platform at lower left and along the right edge, with palm plants in pots. Floor kolam patterns are drawn on the ground. Palm trees and greenery surround the scene.2010-07-04A 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 copiesJuly 03 20102010-07-03July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor 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.2010-06-27August 01 20102010-08-01December 18 20102010-12-18An outdoor courtyard of a temple-style ashram with coconut palms behind it. Several rows of people in white clothes sit on a sandy ground across circular stone-rimmed fire pits, with smoke rising from them. Around a dozen men in white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged in the pits' area, some in yellow or saffron-coloured cloths, while a larger group of seated devotees in white and grey clothes watches from mats and chairs in the foreground. A small child in red sits among them. A white-and-red striped platform lies at left, and a line of small stone figures stands near a white building at the back. This appears to be a homa or fire ritual.2010-07-07July 09 20102010-07-09July 07 20102010-07-07 +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.2010-07-08