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A courtyard ritual outdoors with several seated men in white clothes on mats facing three circular fire pits with ash and smoke rising. Two seated officiants in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit at the front, one beside a pit at left and one at centre. Standing at the right, a man in a pink shirt watches. A row of small stone deity murtis stands behind the pits, and a red pedestal with a white bowl sits at right. Concrete tiled paving, a red-doored building and parked chairs frame the scene.

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July 23 20102010-07-23July 23 20102010-07-23July 19 20102010-07-19An 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.2010-07-07July 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of a group of people seated cross-legged on mats in an outdoor courtyard with sandy ground and a row of small grey stone figures along the back. Most sit with palms pressed together in namaskar or prayer. A man at the far left wears an orange kurta and grey trousers; several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, one in a yellow shirt, and younger boys wear blue and maroon shirts. At the upper right a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl sits beside a red pedestal draped with a garland of orange and yellow flowers. A circular ash or fire pit lies on the ground to the left.2010-07-14A photograph of an outdoor meditation session at an ashram grounds with a white stone structure at the left edge and palm trees behind. About a dozen people in white kurtas with yellow scarves sit cross-legged on individual circular ash-marked mats arranged in rows on bare earth, facing away from the camera. In the foreground, a group of roughly fifteen seated onlookers in mixed everyday clothing, many in white, pink, yellow and grey shirts, sit on a mat facing them. A small red bucket and a green hedge are visible on the right. No visible a person candidate is present.2010-07-07August 09 20102010-08-09July 21 20102010-07-21July 20 20102010-07-20July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor 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.2010-07-04