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Outdoor ashram gathering in a dusty courtyard with palm trees and thatched huts behind. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair wearing white clothes sits cross-legged on a orange cushion over a mat, placed inside a circular floor design of white and pink kolam-style patterns with white pebbles around it, a small brass vessel beside them. Seated in rows on the left are about thirty devotees, mostly women, in white and coloured saris and kurtas. A figure in white stands at the back near a small table, and another white-clad person stands near a silver SUV. On the right, an orange cloth canopy hangs over a wooden cart with chains. An orange banner and a signboard with Kannada script are visible at the top left.

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December 21 20102010-12-21Outdoor satsang at an ashram courtyard with a woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange skirt seated cross-legged on a mat at the front, facing a large seated audience of about 40-60 people, mostly women in white and pastel clothing, some in saffron and blue, many sitting on mats. Floor is decorated with white rangoli kolam patterns and a circle of white powder around a small brass kalasha vessel and marigold garland. Behind are a red-and-white painted wall, palm trees, thatched huts and a silver SUV. Sign on the building reads Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana and a banner shows a saffron-robed figure with long hair; no clearly identifiable a person is present in the scene.2010-09-19Outdoor ashram courtyard at dusk with palm trees and an orange-walled building bearing a Kannada sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a gold-and-white garland, wearing white dhoti-style cloth and gold armlets, walks barefoot across a woven mat toward a raised seat with an orange cushion on a decorated kolam. Behind him a crowd of devotees in white and red saris and white robes stands in rows. An orange draped cloth covers a cart at right, a silver SUV is parked nearby, and a small oil lamp sits on the kolam. Speaker and banner visible. Watermarked archive photo.2010-12-21Outdoors in a dusty village compound, a man with long dark hair and a bare back sits cross-legged on an orange cushion inside a circular floor design of white flowers, green leaves and white stones, facing away toward the road. He wears an orange cloth wrap and holds a small brass vessel in his lap. Behind him, about a dozen seated people in white and pastel saris and dhotis sit on a low concrete ledge under palm trees, and a silver SUV and a yellow-orange bus with posters of an orange-robed monk are parked nearby. A large map board stands at the right and a few pigeons walk on the sand. The scene reads as a morning satsang or puja gathering.2010-10-31 +1 copiesNovember 20 20102010-11-20A photograph of an outdoor satsang on a sandy ground with a circular raised platform ringed with white ash and kolam-style chalk designs. A woman in an orange saffron robe sits cross-legged on a woven mat at the centre of the circle, facing a seated crowd. The audience, mostly women in white clothing, sits on mats and chairs under a thatched-roof shelter and palm trees, with a silver SUV parked behind them. A small brass vessel and a garland of orange flowers lie near the speaker. A banner with text hangs at the upper left. No figure in the frame is identifiable as a person.2010-09-19Outdoor ashram scene under tall palm trees beside a white building with a sign reading Sri Anandeswara Dwaara. A seated line of devotees in white and light clothes sits on a low red-and-white tiled platform at left, while on the sandy ground at right several men in white robes sit before circular fire pits of grey ash. Foremost, a man in a yellow shawl sits cross-legged on the ash ring. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits near the centre-right, a figure whose full appearance is not clearly visible. Thatched huts, a parked silver SUV, a loudspeaker on a stand and an information board showing a map are behind them.2010-07-03 +1 copiesNovember 14 20102010-11-14November 20 20102010-11-20Outdoor ashram scene in front of palm trees and a thatched shelter. A large group of women, mostly in white and pale saris, sit cross-legged on mats on sandy ground facing a seated man in white at the far side. A standing man in white stands beside a silver SUV in front of a large printed map board showing building layouts with a green graphic. Another seated man in white sits near a low table to the right, and a woman in orange sits on a platform beside a small fire-pit ring. A white marble platform with red and white striped edges is in the foreground. Rows of footwear sit near the seated figure.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 11 20102010-07-11October 07 20102010-10-07