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Outdoor group meditation beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. Rows of seated practitioners in white ritual clothing sit cross-legged on woven striped mats over a raised platform on reddish earth. Several wear orange or saffron shawls over white kurtas, and many have rudraksha malas around their necks and white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Their eyes are closed and hands rest in their laps. A tripod stands at the right edge. No person is clearly identifiable as a person, and no leader is visibly distinguished.

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Outdoor group meditation beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and sprawling branches. Dozens of seated practitioners sit cross-legged on woven mats and a raised platform on reddish earth. Most wear white clothing; several men wear saffron/orange shawls over white kurtas, and many have rudraksha malas around their necks. Several have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. Their eyes are closed and their hands rest in their laps, showing a meditation or yoga session. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is named.2006-10-11October 11 20062006-10-11October 11 20062006-10-11A photo of a seated group of devotees meditating outdoors on a reddish-brown dirt ground beneath a large spreading tree with thick low branches and green foliage. Most wear white clothing, and several wear orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders, with rudraksha malas around their necks. Several have vertical tilak marks on their foreheads, and their eyes are closed in meditation. They sit in rows on a raised white mat or platform. The ground is bare earth and the rows extend across the frame. This is a meditation or yoga session under a tree.2006-10-11October 11 20062006-10-11 +1 copiesA large outdoor group of people sits cross-legged in meditation under a wide spreading tree with a long horizontal branch and grey-brown trunks. Most wear white clothing, many with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and several wear rudraksha malas. Some have white or ash marks on their foreheads. They sit on dark mats set on red-brown earth, with greenery behind them.2006-10-11Outdoor group meditation beneath a large spreading tree with thick horizontal branches and dappled light. Dozens of practitioners sit cross-legged in neat rows on a dark mat over red earth, eyes closed. Most wear white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, and several have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. In the foreground a woman with braided hair in white and orange sits with eyes closed, and a fair-skinned woman in orange shawl sits at the right edge. No central figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this image.2006-10-11Outdoor group meditation session on a dirt ground under large spreading trees. Many seated practitioners sit cross-legged on small straw mats over a black sheet, dressed in white clothes with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Some wear white garments without orange shawls. A few participants sit at the far left and right edges. Behind the group, a bare-headed older man in white sits near the back rows, while the foreground students sit upright with eyes closed or lowered.2006-10-11Outdoors under a large spreading tree, a long row of devotees sits in lotus or cross-legged meditation posture on mats laid over a dark mat-covered platform on red earth. Most wear white dhotis or white kurtas with orange shawls or orange sashes, and several wear rudraksha malas. The women wear white salwar or sari-style garments with orange or gold borders. Many have their eyes closed. A small red-roofed structure and a flagpole with a red flag are visible at the left edge. No swami figure is clearly identifiable among the seated group.2006-10-11 +1 copiesOctober 11 20062006-10-11October 11 20062006-10-112008 - Glimpses Of Gurukul