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Outdoor photo of a Panchatapas ritual on bare earth with circular ash-filled fire pits. In the foreground a man in white kurta with a yellow shawl sits cross-legged with hands folded, eyes lowered. Behind him a second man in white with a yellow shawl sits by a fire pit. A figure in orange saffron robes with a red mala sits on a wooden platform in the background. At right, a woman in an orange sari sits beside a pit. A red-and-white banner at upper right carries Kannada text. A woman in a purple sari and a seated elderly person in orange stand in the far background, with palm trees and thatched sheds behind.

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Outdoor homa ground at an ashram with several people seated cross-legged on mats around circular fire pits lined with ash and charcoal. In the foreground, a figure in saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala sits upright with eyes closed and hands folded, on a raised seat before a brass kalasha-style vessel. Behind them, men in white dhotis and orange cloth sit meditating, with stacked firewood, a bamboo fence, a low orange shrine structure at left, and white deity murtis along the right edge. Faint smoke drifts through the scene.2010-09-16July 11 20102010-07-11September 16 20102010-09-16 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesAugust 15 20102010-08-15September 09 20102010-09-09July 20 20102010-07-20September 16 20102010-09-16 +1 copiesA photo of a group meditation outdoors on a dusty ground with a small pile of grey ash or stone chips. In the foreground a man with long dark hair tied back sits cross-legged in saffron-orange robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees. Beside him is a brass kendi or oil vessel. Behind him several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditation, and a row of stone statues and a red signboard appear in the background beneath thatched fencing.August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a meditating sannyasi seated cross-legged on a raised stone platform in an outdoor compound. The central figure wears a saffron-orange sleeveless wrap and a long dark rudraksha mala, with a red bindi on his forehead and eyes closed, hands resting on his lap. A brass kalasha-style pot sits at his left. Behind him, two men in white ritual clothes sit in meditation with hands folded, one wearing a rudraksha mala. Around them the ground is covered with grey ash and shallow pits.2010-07-10September 04 20102010-09-04 +1 copies