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Outdoor photo of a group of women seated on mats on sandy ground in an ashram courtyard. Most wear white clothing with some in orange, yellow and green saris, and their hair is in long braids. Several small seated figures in front of ring-shaped stone platforms with small offering bowls, and a row of stone sculptures and palm trees stand behind them. A silver SUV is parked at the left edge and a white-and-red plinth sits at the lower right. Some attendees appear to be in a meditation or satsang session.

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Outdoor gathering of women seated on mats on a dirt ground and a paved tile walkway, facing forward in rows. Most wear white saris or white head coverings, while others wear orange, red, pink and purple garments. A standing man in white shirt and trousers stands at the right edge near a row of sandals. A silver SUV is parked behind them, a blue tarp and a large informational board with diagrams stand in the background, and a white and red painted concrete block sits at lower right.2010-07-23July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard with palm trees and a striped red-and-white platform. About a dozen seated devotees in white clothes, several women with yellow and orange cloth, face a fire pit sending up thick smoke. Standing priests in white and saffron-orange shawls tend the homa. A small black stone deity murti stands at left beside a white pedestal. A tiered gopuram appears at the edge of the frame.2008-09-30Outdoor ritual scene in a garden courtyard lined with large grey stone deity statues, palm trees and low buildings behind. Several people sit cross-legged in white clothing on the sandy ground inside circular stone-ringed rangoli-style patterns, with faint smoke rising around them. One woman on the left wears an orange-red sari, another seated woman wears a red shawl over white, and others wear white with yellow or saffron wraps. A tall dark statue of a standing figure holding a staff stands at right. The scene suggests a group puja or homa-style sitting, though no fire pit is clearly visible. Four people are clearly visible seated in front, with several more partially visible at the edges, so the count is in the low-double digits.2010-06-27July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor scene in a sandy garden courtyard with large grey stone sculptures of deities and nagas behind. Seven people sit cross-legged in meditation on circular raised sand platforms outlined in white. Most wear white or cream dhoti-style or sari-style clothing with yellow shawls or scarves; a woman in front wears an orange scarf over a light robe. Palm trees and greenery surround the area. A partially visible woman with dark hair in a bun and yellow shawl sits in the lower left foreground. A white stone slab lies in the lower right foreground.2010-07-07July 23 20102010-07-23Outdoor photo of a courtyard meditation at an ashram under palm trees. A central figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a mat in front of a red stepped pedestal topped by a tall orange pillar garlanded with flowers, with a black stone deity murti seated on the pedestal. Around him, about a dozen seated devotees in white dhotis and yellow, orange and white garments sit in meditation on individual circular mats. Behind them stand dark stone sculptures of deities and figures on red-tagged bases, with palm and tropical foliage beyond. In the foreground a white stone platform holds a small stepped pyramid-shaped object with a kalasha-like finial. The central figure is an appearance-based candidate, with orange robes and a crowned-looking hairstyle, but the face and presentation are not distinct enough to confirm identity, so this is marked unsure.2010-09-20A photograph of an outdoor courtyard with a red-orange stepped shrine platform and a tall orange-and-gold pillar at its centre. A seated figure in orange robes with an orange shawl sits cross-legged in front of the shrine on a raised mat with a small brass lamp, and a dark stone deity murti in front of the shrine is garlanded with yellow-orange flowers. Around the courtyard, about a dozen people sit in meditation on mats in white and yellow-white clothes, some wearing orange shawls. Dark stone statues stand on the left among palm trees and greenery, and a white stone platform with a pyramid-shaped canopy lies in the foreground.2010-09-20July 21 20102010-07-21July 11 20062006-07-11Outdoor photo of a seated group of women at an ashram-style gathering on a sandy dirt ground beside a paved hexagonal walkway. Most wear white or cream traditional dress, with a woman in orange, one in a pink-purple shawl, one in a yellow-green sari and one in a green-patterned sari. They sit cross-legged with hands folded in prayer or resting in lap, several with long braided hair. A red-and-white striped low platform sits at right. Behind them, a silver SUV is parked, and a red banner reads Guru Poornima with a portrait of a woman and the date 25 July 2010. A man in white sits on a stool at upper right, and footwear lies scattered on the ground.2010-07-07