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Outdoor 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.

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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.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 copiesOutdoor photo of a seated group on a paved hexagonal-tile courtyard at an ashram-style compound. Thirty-plus men and boys in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged on mats and cloth in rows, facing left toward a small raised platform with a mic stand and loudspeaker. On the right, several people sit on white plastic chairs: a man in a white kurta and tan trousers, an older man in a light blue shirt, and a bearded man in a white dhoti and kurta with a red-bordered cloth over his shoulder. Behind them are white single-storey buildings with red doors, a banyan-style tree and palms, and a white pigeon in the foreground.2010-07-04August 01 20102010-08-01Outdoor 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 scene with a large group of devotees in white clothes seated on mats across a tiled courtyard for a fire ritual. In the back, a man in white with a yellow garland sits before a smouldering fire pit piled with logs, near a row of stone deity murtis. A white-robed attendant stands at right near a kalasha-like white offering pedestal with a garland hanging above. Another man in orange-trimmed white sits on the porch at right beside sacks and buckets. Most devotees wear white shirts or white dhotis; a woman in white sits at front center.2010-07-23December 18 20102010-12-18Outdoor gathering in a courtyard with sandy ground and a paved patio, shaded by tall coconut palms. Dozens of people in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats and rows of chairs, facing a central figure seated on a white cloth at left near a small ring of stones and a row of grey statues. Behind them white single-storey buildings with red doors and corrugated roofs, a stage area with a speaker and a table, and potted plants along the patio edge. Foreground devotees wear white, one in a red top and some in pale shirts.2010-07-04Outdoor photo of a group practising seated meditation on a paved courtyard with a dusty ground behind. On the left, a raised platform is draped with an orange cloth and edged with red and white paint; a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged there, while another person sits near the front of the platform. Behind them, about six men in white shirts and yellow shawls sit cross-legged inside circular fire pits with ash, and a line of seated devotees in white shirts and dhotis faces the platform. A wooden pole stands at the centre, and rows of small stone figures are visible at the upper right. Firewood is stacked in the background.2010-09-04Outdoor photo of a seated group on a sandy courtyard at an ashram-like compound. Many people sit in white clothing on mats, some in red, orange and yellow shirts. A man in white stands near a small yellow-shirted figure at the back, and a man in a yellow shawl sits at the left edge. Behind them are a row of stone statues, white buildings with red doors, and a corrugated roof. White pigeons and a grey pigeon sit in the foreground beside potted palms.2010-07-04An 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.2010-07-07Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard with a sandy ground, a smoking fire pit at left, and a pile of cut firewood behind rows of stone deity figures. Many seated devotees in white clothes sit on woven mats facing the fire, several with yellow or orange shawls, and a man with long hair and a beard in the foreground wears an orange-bordered white shawl. A woman in white stands at a white-draped table with a tiered white cake and a garland-hung offering, while sacks and a blue tarpaulin sit beside a red-doored building. Several seated men in white are in meditative posture. No readable inscriptions are visible.2010-07-23