Outdoor photo of women seated in meditation on individual raised mats inside circular rings of white ash on bare earth. Seven women wear white dhoti-style clothes with yellow or orange-red shawls. Behind them stand grey stone deity sculptures and red-painted pillars near palm trees, with a carved orange shrine structure and a garland on the right. No a person candidate is visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor photo of women seated in meditation on individual raised mats inside circular rings of white ash on bare earth. Seven women wear white dhoti-style clothes with yellow or orange-red shawls. Behind them stand grey stone deity sculptures and red-painted pillars near palm trees, with a carved orange shrine structure and a garland on the right. No a person candidate is visible.

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A photograph of a group of women seated cross-legged in meditation on bare ground, each on a mat or cloth within a ring of grey ash on a circular raised platform. They wear white dhotis or saris with red shawls and yellow or saffron wraps, eyes closed, hands resting in their laps. Behind them stand orange-painted stone structures with a gilded finial, a grey stone statue and palm trees. Seven women are visible, a group of about six to eight people.

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A photograph of six women sitting cross-legged in meditation on small mats inside circular rings of ash or charcoal on bare earth, in an open outdoor courtyard. Most wear white garments with yellow or orange-red shawls and sit with eyes closed and hands resting on their laps. Behind them stand dark stone deity murti statues, including a seated figure, a multi-headed figure and cobra-hooded sculptures, amid green palms and flowering shrubs. A red brick structure is visible at right and a red and white banner at left. No person in the image is identified as a person.

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Outdoor photograph of a row of devotees seated cross-legged on bare earth at dawn during a Pancha Tapas practice. Each seated person sits within a dark ash-covered circular pit, with smoke rising from several fires. The foreground devotee wears an orange shawl over white dhoti-style clothing, with rudraksha beads and glasses. Other devotees wear orange or yellow shawls and white garments. Behind them stand a tall lamp-post-like pillar, white raised platforms, a stone nandi or bull-like statue, a small information board, and coconut palms against a pale sky.

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