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Outdoor ashram gathering in a palm-lined garden. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit on mats and ash-covered ground around small fire pits in front of a white stepped platform topped by a tall tapering pillar garlanded with marigold and red flowers. A devotee-like figure in orange garments sits cross-legged on the left, holding a small brass vessel. Stone sculptures and a dark stone pedestal stand behind the platform. Spectators in white and striped shirts sit on a mat in the foreground, with a cluster of green plants at the lower edge. The setting appears to be a homa or yagna-style sacred fire ritual with offerings, mentioned only as visible fire pits.

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Outdoor photograph of an ashram courtyard lined with coconut palms under an overcast sky. A large tall brick-red pillar stands behind a white stepped platform. In front, rows of seated men in white clothes with yellow shawls sit on mats before small fire pits with smoke rising. A figure in orange robes sits near the centre of the seated rows. Other seated people in white shirts and dhotis face the platform, and a row of carved stone sculptures and a white shrine structure stands to the left. Red-and-white striped stepping blocks and a parked silver SUV appear at the edges. Around 40 people are visible.2010-07-07Outdoor ritual gathering in a sandy courtyard surrounded by palm trees. Around two dozen men, mostly in white dhotis and shirts with yellow shawls or stoles, sit cross-legged on mats in rows facing a central white platform. On the platform, a black stone murti is garlanded with orange and white flowers, and a tall tapered pillar rises behind it. Small smoking fire pits are dug into the ground in front of the rows, with thin smoke rising. On the left, a single figure in orange robes sits apart near the platform. Stone sculptures stand along the left edge, and a green hedge borders the foreground.2010-07-07Outdoor photo at an ashram-style garden courtyard shaded by coconut palms. A group of roughly forty seated people in white and cream clothes sits on mats in front of a row of white stepped shrines and a tall carved wooden pillar draped with a garland. One figure in orange robes sits centrally on a raised seat near a stone sculpture group, with a few people in orange and yellow garments nearby. Several seated participants wear white shirts and dhotis, and some wear casual shirts. Small fire pits or ritual hearths are set in the ground around the group. A low white platform with red and white striped edging stands at left beside a white plastic chair and a small signboard. Green plants line the foreground and a silver SUV is parked behind the courtyard wall.2010-07-07Outdoor ashram scene under palm trees: a row of young men in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in meditation on a sandy courtyard, each before a small ash or ember mound. Behind them stands a tall orange-and-white pillar and a white stepped plinth, with a dark stone deity murti seated on a white base at left. Seated on blue plastic chairs in the foreground are two elders in saffron and orange robes, one with white hair, watching the group, with a crowd of onlookers including children seated on a mat. The setting is an open yard with coconut palms and potted plants.2010-07-15July 19 20102010-07-19July 08 20102010-07-08July 06 20102010-07-06June 27 20102010-06-27July 11 20102010-07-11June 27 20102010-06-27August 01 20102010-08-01Outdoor photo of a ritual gathering in a courtyard beneath palm trees. A figure in orange robes sits centrally on a mat, facing a row of seated people in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls. A tall copper-toned pillar rises behind a white plinth holding a dark stone deity murti with a garland. Several dark stone sculptures stand near the white structures. Many seated devotees in white clothes, some with yellow shawls, sit on mats on the sandy ground, and a small child sits at the lower edge. A white pickup truck and a standing attendant in white appear at the left. Stone-tiled circular patterns are set in the ground.2010-07-03 +1 copies