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Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with a white stone platform holding a black Nandi bull statue garlanded with red, orange and yellow flower strings. A young man in an orange robe sits cross-legged in meditation on the concrete floor to the right of the platform, hands resting in his lap. Behind him, a bald man in a white kurta with an orange shawl sits in a meditative pose. On the left, three women sit in a row in white and cream clothing with orange shawls and beads. Several pigeons, including a white one in the foreground, walk across the concrete. Palm trees and a dark statue of a deity stand in the background.

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A photograph of a temple courtyard with a large black stone Nandi bull statue on a white plinth, draped with white and yellow-red marigold garlands. In front, a seated man in orange robes with closed eyes sits in meditation beside the plinth. Behind him to the left, several people in white and cream clothes sit cross-legged on gravel, including a woman in cream with orange shawl and a man in a yellow scarf. Three grey pigeons and one white pigeon pass across the stone pavement in the foreground. Tall black deity statues and palm trees fill the background.2010-07-04July 08 20102010-07-08A photograph of a seated black stone Nandi bull statue on a white pedestal, draped with a garland of yellow, orange and red flowers, in an open courtyard under palm trees. In front sits a man with his eyes closed, wearing an orange saffron robe, with pigeons, white and grey, walking around on the pale paved ground. Behind him, two men in white ritual clothes sit on the right, one with a rudraksha mala and one in a yellow-trimmed cloth, with a faint trail of incense smoke rising.2010-07-08Outdoor photograph of a white-paved temple courtyard with a black stone Shiva-like deity murti in the background, adorned with a red, yellow and green flower garland. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange garment and stands with eyes lowered; the figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity. Behind him to the right, two men in white ritual clothing sit, one wearing a yellow shawl around his neck. White and grey pigeons fill the foreground, blurred in motion. Palm trees and flowering plants surround the courtyard.2010-07-08A photograph of a white pigeon walking on a white stone platform in the foreground. Behind it, a man in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair sits in meditation. To his right, several men in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in a row, seemingly meditating. Behind the platform stands a black stone Nandi-like figure draped with a garland of yellow, red and green flowers, beside a white plinth. Tall palm trees and green foliage fill the background, and a few white flowers are visible at right. Several people are visible, including partially visible seated figures.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor temple courtyard with a white-plastered shrine platform holding a black Nandi bull statue garlanded with red and white flowers. In the foreground a person in white clothes and an orange shawl films with a camera on a tripod-less handheld rig, seen from behind. A man in an orange robe sits cross-legged on the concrete floor near the shrine, while two white pigeons walk across the courtyard. Behind them, several people in white and orange sit on the sand and stand near grey stone deity statues and palm trees. A bald man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands at the right edge beside white steps.2010-07-04July 08 20102010-07-08A photograph of a pigeon walking on a pale concrete courtyard in the foreground, blurred in motion. Behind it, a black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a white stepped plinth, garlanded with a red, yellow and green flower garland. A man in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged at the centre with hands resting in his lap, a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair. To his right, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit in meditation or prayer, with palm trees and frangipani shrubs behind them.2010-07-08Outdoor temple scene with a black stone Nandi bull statue draped in a red and yellow marigold garland, set on a white stepped plinth under palm trees. In the foreground a white pigeon walks across a pale stone floor. Behind it, a man in an orange saffron wrap stands with hands folded in front of the Nandi statue, with faint smoke rising beside him. Three men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit or kneel further back, one with a rudraksha mala.2010-07-08Outdoor photo of a seated man in an orange robe with long dark hair, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed in meditation before a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with red, yellow and green flower chains. Behind the bull is a white stepped plinth and a tall copper-coloured lamp pillar among palm trees. In the foreground several pigeons, both grey and white, peck at the pale paved ground. To the right, a man in white with a yellow shawl sits cross-legged near a small fire, and other men in white sit further back. The scene shows an open-air temple courtyard during a ritual.2010-07-08