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Outdoor ritual scene on bare earth beside a white-painted stone structure and a bed of ash and charred wood. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange robes, a draped orange shawl over his head, a long rudraksha mala and a red tilak sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat with eyes closed and hands resting in meditation. A brass vessel with a handle sits at his left. Behind him, several people in white dhotis and kurtas sit in meditation or stand, one wearing an orange scarf and rudraksha, others with eyes closed. Palms, frangipani-type plants and a grey wall fill the background, with smoke rising from the rear. The scene suggests a puja or meditation session.

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Outdoor photo of a seated sadhu in saffron-orange robes with a matching hood draped over his head, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and a vibhuti or tilak mark on his forehead, eyes closed in meditation on a low wooden seat. Beside him stands a small brass vessel with a handled spout, and grey ash or fire remains lie on the ground. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and kurtas sit cross-legged on the bare earth in meditation, one wearing an orange scarf, with a white stone platform at the left and green palm foliage and a low wall behind them. Smoke rises in the background. The yellow-clad figure at the far right edge is partly visible.2010-07-29A man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden platform outdoors, eyes closed, hands folded in his lap, with a red tilak on his forehead and a long rudraksha mala hanging to his waist. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits on the ground in front of him, and a white stepped structure with a garland of yellow and red flowers stands to the left. Behind him, two men in white clothes sit on the ground, one wearing a yellow shawl, beside a bed of grey ash and charcoal. Palm and frangipani trees surround the courtyard, indicating an ashram setting.2010-07-14A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a draped orange shawl sits eyes closed with hands folded in the lap on an orange cushion, a rudraksha mala hanging on the chest and a red tilak on the forehead. Behind and around him, a row of men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit cross-legged on bare ground scattered with grey ash and rose petals, with smoke rising among palm trees. A man in white stands at the back holding a camera. A brass kalasha-style pot sits in the foreground beside the seated figure. The setting is an open-air ashram courtyard with a white building and a thatched fence.2010-08-06August 03 20102010-08-03August 03 20102010-08-03July 20 20102010-07-20A seated man in a saffron-orange sleeveless robe and wrapped cloth, with a long dark hair falling past his shoulders, a red tilak on his forehead and a long rudraksha mala draped over his chest, sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed and hands in a mudra on his lap. A small brass vessel sits beside him. Behind him, four men in white kurtas and yellow shawls sit on ash-covered ground near smoke rising from fire pits, with white stone structures and palm trees in the background. The scene suggests an outdoor ritual setting. a person: the seated central figure has long swept-back hair, a saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, a presentation consistent with the page's subject, but this is an appearance-based label only.2010-07-07August 05 20102010-08-05July 11 20102010-07-11A man seated cross-legged on a low wooden platform on sandy ground, eyes closed in meditation, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his head and shoulders and an orange dhoti, with a red tilak on his forehead and a long rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him a white pedestal holds a dark deity murti garlanded with red and yellow flower strings. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits at his left. To the right, a person in white clothes with a yellow shawl bends low over a smoking fire pit, and two more people in white stand in the background among palm trees and plumeria.2010-07-03 +1 copiesA seated man in an orange saffron shawl and orange dhoti sits cross-legged on the ground with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a man in white clothes with a yellow shawl sits with hands clasped, and another person in white sits behind. Smoke rises in the foreground from a fire pit, with white stone steps and tropical plants in the background. A brass vessel lies at the lower left.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20