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Outdoor photo of devotees seated in a row on sandy ground among smoldering fire pits filled with white ash and charred wood, a practice of sitting beside burnt-out fire beds. In the foreground a bare-footed man in white clothes with a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders sits cross-legged with eyes closed, hands resting on his lap. Several other men in white with yellow shawls sit behind him in the line, and a woman in orange clothing stands further back near a silver SUV. Behind them stands a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with a red and yellow flower garland beside a white shrine structure, with palm trees and thatched huts in the background. A signboard with a map is visible at left. Five to six physical people are visible.

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Outdoors on a sandy ground, a row of men in white kurtas and white dhotis sit cross-legged with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, eyes closed in meditation. Smoke rises from several low ash-filled fire pits (homa or yagna) in front of them. Behind them stand a large black stone Nandi bull wearing a garland of red and yellow flowers, a white raised platform, and a painted map board on a stand beside a white van. Several other seated figures in orange and white clothes are visible in the background.2010-07-07Outdoor photo of a row of men seated cross-legged on mats in front of small shallow fire pits filled with grey ash, on bare reddish ground beside coconut palms. In the foreground a man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti and white top with a yellow shawl and a beaded mala, eyes closed. Behind him, several seated men wear white with yellow shawls, and a few in orange robes sit further back. A standing man in white with a yellow shawl stands near a tall ornate copper-coloured kalasha pillar with a garland, beside a dark stone deity murti and a red stepped platform. A signboard and a parked silver SUV appear at the left.2010-09-02An outdoor ashram scene on sandy ground beside coconut palms and thatched huts. In the foreground a young man in white clothes with a yellow shawl kneels with eyes closed and hands resting on his thighs. Behind him, several more people in white with yellow shawls kneel in a row along circular ridges of grey stone or ash laid in the sand. Further back, a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged, and a group of seated people wearing white sit near a low wall. A white stupa-like structure and a tall copper-coloured pillar stand at the right, and a parked silver SUV and a large information board are visible in the background.2010-07-10A row of men sit cross-legged on sandy ground beside small fire pits filled with ash and smouldering wood, a ritual homa-style setting. Each wears white dhoti and kurta with a yellow shawl draped over the shoulders, and they appear to be in quiet meditation or prayer with eyes closed. Behind them stands a large black stone Nandi bull with a garland of red and yellow flowers, next to a white-painted shrine structure. A white SUV and a map board of the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Bidadi Ashram stand in the background, with palm trees and thatched huts nearby.2010-07-07July 05 20102010-07-05July 08 20102010-07-08July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor photograph of a group of about twenty men seated cross-legged in meditation on bare ground inside circular rings of grey ash, the seated figures dressed in white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders. The nearest seated man in the foreground faces forward with hands resting on his lap. Behind them stands a tall red-and-white tapered pillar and two white stepped platforms, one topped with a dark stone deity murti, with coconut palms, a small thatched hut and parked cars at the edge of the courtyard. A lone figure in orange robes sits at the left side of the group. A map board stands near the thatched structure.2010-07-15July 11 20102010-07-11July 05 20102010-07-05Outdoor photograph of a group of men seated cross-legged in a row on bare sandy ground, each within a circular patch of grey ash and charred embers from a fire ritual. They wear white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, and several have rudraksha malas. Some sit with hands folded in prayer or resting in lap, eyes closed in meditation. Smoke drifts through the scene, with palm trees and green foliage behind, a stone fire-pit or stone vessel at left, and a bamboo fence at right. There are eight seated people visible, with several partially obscured at the back.2010-07-07Outdoors on bare sandy ground, several people sit cross-legged in a ring of glowing embers and ash arranged around a fire pit. The central man wears white clothes and a yellow shawl, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees in meditation. Beside him, another man in white with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded. Behind them, a woman in an orange-red top and a woman in cream clothes sit, and at right a bald man in white with a rudraksha mala sits on a mat. Behind them stand white stepped structures, a flowering arrangement, a dark stone block and tall palm trees.2010-07-27