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A photograph of a crowd of ashram participants gathered outside a building with red-painted walls and a lattice panel, during a break. In the foreground an older man with grey hair wears a white shirt and an ID badge and holds a paper cup. Beside him a smiling woman in a white and purple sari wears a beaded mala and a pendant, and another woman in a cream sari with brown border wears a rudraksha mala and holds a bag. Other people in white clothing, some with orange-bordered saris, stand around with lanyard badges. A steel container sits at lower left.

A queue of devotees stands in a courtyard beside a tall orange wall and a red pillar. In the foreground a smiling girl in a red dress with a long plait stands beside a woman in a cream and gold sari with a red rudraksha-style mala and glasses, hands clasped. To the left an older man in white dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded. Behind them men in white kurtas wear red lanyards and vibhuti marks, and a man in a white shirt with a green-and-gold shawl stands near a table holding banana-leaf trays of fruit. A woman in a grey-green sari bends at the table. Several people are visible, and the scene is a devotional gathering with offerings.

A procession of devotees in white clothing walks along a narrow path between pink-washed walls under warm late-afternoon light. Women in white saris with rudraksha malas and small bindis lead the line, several holding or wearing blue cloth bags, while a man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala walks at the left edge. Two orange-red flags on poles rise behind the women at right, and a tree and palm fronds stand in the background. The scene resembles a padayatra or ritual procession, with many participants visible further back.

December 19 2010

A photograph of a long queue of devotees waiting on a dirt path beside a terracotta-coloured building with lattice windows and a thatched roof, in low evening sunlight. Most people wear white: men in white kurta and dhoti, women in white saris with coloured borders, with some in orange, red and teal. A woman in a yellow-orange sari stands at the left edge. Further along the line, a figure in a white garment and yellow shawl stands among the people near the building. Trees and a red-painted post frame the right side.

March 13 2013

Devotees in white ritual clothes stand in a queue beside an orange-painted wall and a red-and-white painted pillar. A man in front wears a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders and a black shoulder bag. A woman in a white and gold sari with a red beaded necklace stands at the centre, holding her hands together, with a young girl in a red top beside her. Behind them, a man in white with a saffron-striped shawl and a maroon-and-gold scarf stands near others in white. On a painted white-and-red platform in the foreground sit a tray of bananas and an orange cloth. Nobody here is identified as a person by appearance.

Outdoor photograph of a large crowd of devotees walking along a dusty open ground beside a leafy tree and a white wall, with red poles and a saffron flag visible at the right. In the foreground, a middle-aged man in a white shirt with an ID badge stands beside a woman in a white sari with a red border and a gold-bordered cloth, and a woman in a light yellow sari walks nearby. Many others in white clothes, some with ID badges, follow in the background. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.

March 11 2013

Outdoor photo of a queue of devotees standing on grass before multi-storey pink and beige buildings under an overcast sky. In the foreground a man in white shirt and a woman in a white sari with a shawl hold a flat brass plate. A woman in a maroon and gold sari wears a jasmine garland and holds a stick of incense, and another woman in white wears a jasmine garland. Many other people in white and pastel clothing stand behind them. Scene suggests a yoga program gathering.

A group walks along a paved path lined with green shrubs and trees, with a low pink-walled building behind them. In front, a man in a long orange dhoti-style garment with a plaited braid down his back and a rudraksha mala carries a water bottle. Beside him, a woman in an orange robe with a shawl draped over her shoulders holds a bottle, and a woman in an orange sari with a gold-bordered shawl carries a small gold tray. On the right, a man in white shirt and trousers wears a rudraksha mala, and a man in a pink-orange kurta walks beside him. Several more people in orange, white and red follow behind along the path.