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A photograph inside a bright hall with a polished floor where several devotees lie on coloured yoga mats, lifting metal dumbbells overhead with both hands. The nearest man wears a dark t-shirt and grey trousers, and another man on the right wears a white shirt and striped trousers. Metal stanchions with ropes divide the space, and framed portraits and a cabinet hang on the wall behind. Other participants in mixed clothing lie further back, and a purple water bottle sits in the foreground.

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A photograph of a yoga or fitness session in a bright indoor hall with pale tiled floor. Several participants lie on their backs on thin mats, lifting small metal dumbbells with straightened arms overhead. In the foreground a man in a grey-brown t-shirt and grey track pants lifts a silver dumbbell, and a man in a white shirt and checked trousers lies to the right. Behind them, other participants in mixed casual and light clothing are stretched out on mats. Metal stanchions with a chain barrier divide the space, and a glass door and chairs stand in the background.2011-09-11Photograph of a yoga or exercise session in a bright indoor hall with light tiled floor. Many participants lie on their backs on coloured mats, mostly blue, green and purple, with legs raised and arms stretched overhead. A man in a grey t-shirt and dark pants lies on a green mat in the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and grey checked trousers stretches on a purple mat at right. Silver dumbbells rest on the floor between mats. White rope barriers with posts separate rows, and a purple water bottle sits at left. Other participants in blue, yellow and white clothing are visible in the background, and a red curtain hangs near the wall.2011-09-11September 11 20112011-09-11March 23 20132013-03-23April 01 20132013-04-01Photograph of a group exercise session in a bright hall with white tiled floor. Many men lie on their backs on coloured yoga mats, lifting silver dumbbells overhead with both hands. Clothing includes white kurta-pyjama, a blue checked shirt with jeans, a dark green shirt and grey trousers. Orange and red cloth draped on the back wall, with metal stanchions and a row of participants in the background. No one is identifiable as a person in this image.2011-09-11September 11 20112011-09-11A photograph of several people doing a lying-down exercise on yoga mats in a hall with a tiled floor and a maroon curtain behind. Each person lies on their back with arms raised overhead, gripping silver dumbbells. The nearest person wears a grey t-shirt and grey track pants on a green mat; others wear white or grey clothes on green and purple mats. A standing fan, a wall-mounted television and a purple water bottle are visible. No swami is clearly visible in the frame.2011-09-11A photograph of an indoor hall with a polished floor where many people lie on mats doing supine dumbbell exercises. In the foreground, a man in white clothes holds two chrome dumbbells on a green mat, and another man in a plaid shirt and grey trousers holds dumbbells on a red mat. Black plastic chairs and more people lying on red and pink mats stand in the background. Water bottles sit on the floor. The scene appears to show a group fitness session rather than a ritual.2012-04-15 +1 copiesA group exercise session in a bright hall with polished white tiled floor. Many participants lie on their backs on coloured yoga mats (blue, pink, green), lifting silver dumbbells overhead while wearing black or dark track pants and loose shirts. Water bottles sit on the floor between mats, and dumbbells rest in the foreground. A instructor stands near the back wall. Light grey metal stanchions and ropes divide the mats.2013-03-23Several men lie on yoga mats on a polished white floor doing floor exercises with metal dumbbells. In the foreground a man in a black t-shirt and dark track pants lies on a blue mat lifting dumbbells overhead. Behind him a bald man in a navy shirt with an orange-red sash around his waist and grey trousers lifts dumbbells on a green mat. Further back a man in a green shirt and white trousers raises his legs on a dark mat, and another man in a black outfit with an orange sash exercises on a red mat. Chrome poles and mirrors line the room, and a plastic water bottle sits on the floor at left.2013-03-30Photograph of an indoor exercise session on a glossy white tiled floor. Several men lie on colored yoga mats performing supine dumbbell exercises, lifting weights overhead and bending knees. Foreground man wears a grey t-shirt and grey track pants and is barefoot; others wear black track suits, grey trousers. Purple water bottle and additional dumbbells lie on the floor, with a blue mat at right and mats with ceiling lights reflecting in the background.2013-03-23