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Night photograph of an outdoor practice ground with several people seated cross-legged on raised mounds of ash or sand inside circular depressions. In the foreground a man in white clothes with a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace sits with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. Behind him are other seated figures in white, including one with a white head covering and one with light hair, lit by a bare overhead lamp on a wooden pole. A low white building and a water bucket are visible in the dark background.

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August 18 20062006-08-18July 11 20102010-07-112009-June LBE-GlimpsesNight photograph of four people seated cross-legged with eyes closed on flat stone-like platforms set into a pale, ash-coloured ground, each platform ringed by a shallow circular trench. On the left a man in beige kurta-style clothes and a beaded necklace sits with hands in his lap. In front, a woman in a white shawl and white outfit wears a white headband, eyes closed, hands folded. Behind her a man in white kurta sits on his platform. On the right a woman in white clothing with a beaded mala sits with hands resting on her knees. Dark trees, a distant building and a faint figure appear in the background, with a small flame visible at the lower right edge. Scene suggests a meditation or sitting practice in an open outdoor area at night.2007-08-11August 02 20072007-08-02Night photograph of white-clad practitioners sitting cross-legged in a dark open ground beside circular ash-rimmed fire pits with charred logs. In the foreground a man with short dark hair, white kurta and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and a bangle, sits with eyes closed and hands joined on his lap, seated on a sand mound inside a ring of ash. Behind him two more white-clad figures sit near a second fire pit, one in a white head covering, and a fourth sits in the far background under dim lights.2007-08-11Night-time outdoor scene on bare, dusty ground where five people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged in meditation on raised circular earthen platforms, each set in a shallow ash-dusted depression. A woman with long blonde hair in the foreground sits with bare feet on a platform; a grey-haired woman in a light beige top sits in the centre; a man in white sits on the right; two more white-clad figures sit at the far left. Two tall wooden poles with bright lights stand behind them against a dark sky, and a few scattered stones and a plastic bottle lie on the ground.2007-08-11Outdoor photo of several shaven-headed men in plain white dhoti and shawl sitting cross-legged on mats in a sandy courtyard, with small smouldering fire pits and scattered ash and charcoal around them. The foreground man in front keeps eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white shawl with an orange-bordered edge, a rudraksha mala and a dark orange cloth folded under him. Behind him, more seated men in white are visible, and a red-painted temple structure with a dark stone deity murti and a palm grove stands in the background, with a yellow-and-purple cloth draped on a post.2010-09-16August 01 20072007-08-01August 01 20102010-08-01Night photograph of several people sitting cross-legged in meditation on ashy, sandy ground beside a large pile of burnt wood or logs. The foreground man wears white kurta and white trousers, a wooden bead mala around his neck and a bangle on his wrist, eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. Behind him a woman in white and another person in light clothing sit similarly, with a figure on the far left in khaki. Tall posts with blue lights stand in the dark background.2007-08-11July 19 20102010-07-19