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Outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground and tall coconut palms under an overcast sky. Two women in white clothes bend low over a circular concrete pit with a white-stone rim, one with long braids and a black patterned handbag. Nearby, a white-clad figure in an ornate blue shawl stands beside a large black Nandi bull statue wearing a marigold garland, which sits on an orange pedestal. A bald man in a blue shirt and another person in white watch from behind, and a white-dressed child stands further back. Behind them a painted signboard and an orange-walled shrine structure appear. Several more people in casual clothes walk around, and a silver SUV is parked near thatched roofs.

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Outdoor ashram scene with a group of devotees dressed in white, several barefoot, gathered around a large circular pit of grey ash with pebbles at the rim, where a woman in white kneels and touches the ash while another figure in white bends forward beside her. A woman in white with long dreadlocks stands to the left holding a patterned tote bag, and a woman in a blue shawl stands at right beside dark stone deity sculptures and an orange-red pillar. Behind them, a banner with a yellow and red border is visible and other people in white stand in the background. The scene suggests a homa fire pit area with offerings, though no fire is visible.2010-09-03July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard on a dirt ground with palm trees and a thatched hut. Several seated devotees perform puja on mats before a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with yellow marigolds. A woman in an orange sari sits in front of a small brass lamp, hands joined. Nearby men wear white dhotis with yellow shawls, one with hands folded, and a man in orange clothes sits on a raised platform. A cameraman in white kneels at the left filming the scene. A parked silver SUV and a red-canopied cart sit in the background, with a large red lamp pillar at right and a banner on a pole.2010-09-02September 21 20102010-09-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 22 20102010-07-22Outdoor temple courtyard with white stepped plinths and a dark stone Nandi-style bull statue garlanded with yellow and red marigold flowers. A person in an orange saffron cloth stands barefoot on a small wooden platform, holding out the cloth, while several men in white dhotis and yellow or orange shawls stand and kneel nearby around circular gravel rings. A gold kalasha pot sits on the ground in front. Palm trees and frangipani shrubs surround the courtyard.2010-07-08Outdoor ashram scene in bright daylight with palm trees and a dirt courtyard. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in plain white dhoti with a red border stands with hands folded in prayer, facing the camera. Behind him, a crowd of about two dozen people, many in white and some in saffron and bright clothing, stand in a line with hands joined. On the right, a priest in white with a folded-hands posture stands beside a red-and-cream shrine with orange and yellow garlands and stone deity sculptures. Overhead hangs an orange cloth canopy, and a white SUV and a painted billboard are visible on the left.2010-11-06Outdoor photo of a large black stone Nandi bull statue on a white tiered pedestal, decorated with a garland and an orange-and-white sash. In front, a low table draped in orange cloth holds a brass plate with an orange cloth, a brass bell and a brass vessel. A woman in white with an orange sash, at left, pours or tends a brass vessel at the table, while men in white dhotis and shawls stand with hands folded in prayer nearby. Coconut palms, white building and flagpoles fill the background, and a young girl in blue runs across the sand.2007-08-26July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at an ashram courtyard with sandy ground and palm trees. Four people sit in meditation on mats or seats inside circular ring-shaped pits in the sand: one in orange robes on the left, three in white garments, one bare-chested. A black Nandi bull statue on an orange pedestal and a tall trident-topped pillar draped with a flower garland stand behind them. A signboard map and a painted banner with a portrait and text are visible in the background, along with a silver SUV and a thatched structure. No figure is identified as a person from appearance.2010-10-07October 08 20072007-10-08