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Outdoor photo of a seated group in meditation beside a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with red and yellow flower garlands, set on a white pedestal. A central man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a rudraksha mala and sits with eyes closed and hands folded, a brass vessel placed before him on a sandy ground with scattered ash. Around him, men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in meditation, and a woman with grey hair in a bun sits in white in the foreground. Green plumeria tree and leaves frame the scene.

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Outdoor ritual scene at a temple courtyard. In the foreground a seated sadhaka in saffron-orange robes with a head covering and a rudraksha mala sits in meditation on a low wooden platform, hands folded, with a brass kalasha vessel placed before him on a circle of ash. Behind him several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit in rows on ash-marked ground, eyes closed or reading from books. To the left a black stone nandi bull, garlanded with yellow and red flowers, rests on a white plinth beside a brass lamp stand. Palm trees and a flowering shrub frame the background, with incense smoke rising. Seated, no one is standing.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJune 18 20102010-06-18June 30 20102010-06-30July 11 20102010-07-11July 20 20102010-07-20July 11 20102010-07-11July 09 20102010-07-09Outdoor photograph of a sannyasi seated cross-legged in a saffron-orange robe and matching head covering, with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in meditation, on a circular raised platform inside a ring of grey ash in a dirt courtyard. A brass kalasha sits before him. Behind him stands a white stepped pedestal topped by a black Nandi bull statue draped in red and yellow marigold garlands, with a black shivalinga on a stone base to the right. To the right, a second man in white dhoti and yellow-bordered shawl sits in meditation beside a small smoke rising from a fire-pit ring, and another seated man in white with a yellow shawl appears at the edge. Green trees and palms surround the courtyard.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at a temple grounds with a white stepped platform holding a black Nandi bull statue garlanded with red and yellow marigolds. In the foreground a person in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange head cloth sits cross-legged in meditation at the centre of a circular ash/ash-ring ground, with a small brass pot before them. Around the scene, five other people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditative postures, and a man in white and yellow at right tends a small offering tray or incense. Dark stone deity and serpent sculptures stand in the background among palm trees, with a copper kalasha-type finial atop the platform.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJune 18 20102010-06-18July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJune 13 20102010-06-13