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Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with palm trees behind. In the foreground, two white pigeons stand on a pale stone slab beside a small puddle. On the left, a black stone Nandi bull statue wears a garland of red, orange and yellow flowers on a white pedestal. A man in saffron-orange robes with long, swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala sits in meditation with eyes closed. Behind him, two men in white clothes sit cross-legged, one wearing a yellow shawl. Smoke rises faintly among the trees.

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Outdoors in a palm-filled compound, a black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a white pedestal, draped with a garland of yellow, orange and red flowers. In the centre a seated figure in an orange-saffron robe with a long swept-back hairstyle, a red tilak on the forehead and a rudraksha mala, eyes closed, sits in meditation. Behind him two men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on the sand, and a further seated man in white stands nearby. Two white pigeons walk on the pale stone pavement in the foreground, and smoke or haze drifts in the background.2010-07-07A photograph of a seated man in the foreground wearing an orange saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala, with a long braid down his back, sitting in meditation on a white platform. Behind him, a dark stone deity murti of Nandi-like form is adorned with garlands of red and orange flowers. Four people in white ritual clothes sit in meditation on the sand, some with yellow shawls and white malas. Two white doves walk on the white stone platform in the foreground, and palm trees and plants fill the background.2010-07-10July 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.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesOutdoor 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.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08A photograph of a temple courtyard with a seated man in an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, sitting before a black stone Nandi bull statue draped with marigold garlands and a chain necklace, set on a white plinth. Two grey and white pigeons walk across the pale concrete floor in the foreground. Behind, a dark stone standing deity figure and a black shivalinga stand among palm trees. Two people in white clothing with yellow shawls kneel and sit near small dark fire pits on the sand at right, and a figure in white stands in the background.2010-07-14July 08 20102010-07-08July 20 20102010-07-20