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Outdoor group meditation in a courtyard beside an orange wall with white and red painted stripes at its base. Roughly fifteen to twenty people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged on mats in rows, many with eyes closed and hands folded, some wearing white shawls and beaded necklaces. A small black speaker on a tripod stands at left. In the foreground a person in a pale yellow garment sits with their back to the camera beside a small fire pit with ash. Bushes and palm plants line the wall. The setting suggests a pancha-tapas style group sitting practice; no a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance.

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Outdoor fire ritual at an ashram courtyard. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and a yellow shawl sits cross-legged before a small fire pit of ash and charred wood, facing a row of seated devotees. Behind him, about twenty men in white dhotis and white shirts or kurtas, many wearing rudraksha or bead malas, sit on mats in front of an orange and white striped wall with green plants. Several have hands folded in prayer. A black speaker on a stand stands at left. The scene suggests a homa or fire ceremony; the seated man in yellow is not clearly identifiable by appearance, so his identity is left unsure.2010-07-23A photograph of a seated group meditating outdoors in front of an orange-washed wall with red vertical stripes and green shrubs. About fifteen people sit cross-legged on a green mat in rows, eyes closed or lowered, hands folded in laps. Most wear plain shirts and dhotis or trousers in orange, pink, red, white and striped colours; a few wear rudraksha malas. In the foreground a figure with a hair bun and white clothing with a yellow shawl sits with back to the camera before a bare ash-covered pit on the ground. A plastic chair sits at left. No identifiable a person appearance is visible, so the scene is recorded as a group meditation with the seated figure in the foreground facing the group.2010-07-15July 23 20102010-07-23July 11 20102010-07-11A photograph of a group of people seated cross-legged on mats in an outdoor courtyard with sandy ground and a row of small grey stone figures along the back. Most sit with palms pressed together in namaskar or prayer. A man at the far left wears an orange kurta and grey trousers; several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, one in a yellow shirt, and younger boys wear blue and maroon shirts. At the upper right a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl sits beside a red pedestal draped with a garland of orange and yellow flowers. A circular ash or fire pit lies on the ground to the left.2010-07-14August 15 20102010-08-15July 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of a group of men seated cross-legged on yoga mats in rows on a paved courtyard, most with eyes closed or heads bowed in meditation. Many wear white shirts and white dhoti-style cloth, while others wear blue jeans, striped shirts, or orange-brown shirts. Several wear lanyards around their necks. Behind them is an orange wall with a white base painted with red vertical stripes, green shrubs, and a loudspeaker on a stand. A pile of grey ash lies on the ground at the left edge, near the seated group. A single standing figure in white with a beard and a white garment is at the upper right beside the wall.2010-07-07Outdoor photograph of a seated group of devotees meditating on woven mats in a courtyard in front of a white building with red trim and a flower garland hanging at its doorway. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis, and one man in the foreground wears a teal t-shirt with jeans. Several seated people have hands folded or eyes closed in meditation, and a black speaker stands on a tripod among potted plants and a blue plastic chair. A distant figure in white stands near a tree at the back.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 19 20102010-07-19Outdoor ashram scene with a large group of devotees in white clothes seated on mats across a tiled courtyard for a fire ritual. In the back, a man in white with a yellow garland sits before a smouldering fire pit piled with logs, near a row of stone deity murtis. A white-robed attendant stands at right near a kalasha-like white offering pedestal with a garland hanging above. Another man in orange-trimmed white sits on the porch at right beside sacks and buckets. Most devotees wear white shirts or white dhotis; a woman in white sits at front center.2010-07-23Outdoor photo of a group meditation session on a sandy courtyard edged by a red and white painted wall and flowering orange marigolds. In the foreground, a man with his hair tied back wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and sits cross-legged on an orange cushion, facing the group, with a brass kalasha-style pot beside him. Behind him, about ten men in white kurtas and dhotis sit on woven mats in meditation posture, several with eyes closed; one man in a grey-blue shirt has a hand raised near his face, and a bearded man in white wears a rudraksha mala. A standing figure in white with an orange shawl appears at the upper left. No person is clearly identifiable as the swami in this view.