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A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on a low wooden platform in an open outdoor courtyard, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap in meditation. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over his body, long dark hair swept back, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, two women in white with yellow shawls sit in meditation on mats within circles of grey ash, next to a white stupa-like structure with a garland of red and yellow flowers. A grey pigeon stands on the ground in the foreground.

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July 08 20102010-07-08A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded in meditation on a low wooden platform outdoors. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits to his left and a long garland of red and yellow flowers hangs on the white pedestal at right. Behind him, two women in white and yellow sit meditating, and a grey stone deity murti and carved stone figures stand among palm trees. A white dove walks in the foreground on sandy ground. Swamiji (probable): the man's long hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial setting match the page's Swamiji reference, though his face is not used for identification.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged with eyes closed and palms pressed together in meditation on a wooden board outdoors. He wears a sleeveless orange saffron wrap. Behind him stand grey stone sculptures, one with a garlanded white plinth draped in yellow, red and green flower garlands. A brass kalasha pot sits to the left on sandy ground, and a pigeon pecks nearby. A second person in white with a yellow shawl sits meditating in the background. Probable Swamiji cues: long hair, saffron clothing and a seated meditative role.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08A seated man in an orange saffron wrap and dhoti sits cross-legged on a wooden plank in an outdoor temple courtyard, eyes closed, hands clasped in his lap, with a red tilak on his forehead and long swept-back dark hair. Behind him stands a white stepped shrine base with a black deity murti draped in yellow and red flower garlands. Ash is scattered on the ground, a brass kalasha-style pot sits to his left, and a person in white clothing sits at the right edge beside offering plates. Two pigeons, one white and one grey, are in the foreground. a person cues: long swept-back hair and saffron sannyasi clothing, consistent with the page's reference to a homa and darshan event.2010-07-08A man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed and hands joined in his lap, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and body. He sits on an orange cushion placed on a low wooden platform on a gravel-and-dirt ground. Behind him, two women in yellow and white sit in meditation, and a third woman in cream clothes sits further back. Dark stone sculptures of deities and a stone serpent form stand among palm trees in the background, with a white stone pillar at the right edge.2010-07-08A man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform with eyes closed, hands clasped in his lap, in meditation. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and a long strand of dark rudraksha beads. Behind him, a woman with light hair in a yellow shawl and white clothes sits with eyes closed, and another woman in cream clothes sits further back. The ground is covered with grey ash and charred embers. Some figures in the background appear to be practising meditation on the ashen ground.2010-07-07A photograph of a sadhu seated cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden platform on a dirt ground, outdoors. He wears an orange saffron robe and a matching orange head covering draped over his head and shoulders, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed. Behind him, a woman in an orange shawl over white clothes sits on the ground in a similar posture, and a man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at the right edge near a white wall. Shallow pits with grey ash lie between the seated figures, and a red-and-white signboard and stacked wooden planks are visible in the background. The seated sadhu presents the cues of a sannyasi in saffron with rudraksha, but his face and identity cannot be confirmed, so he is described by role.2010-07-29July 08 20102010-07-08A man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden platform, wrapped in an orange saffron cloth. His hands rest in his lap in a mudra. Behind him, a dark stone deity statue is draped with a garland of yellow and red flowers on a white pedestal. To the right, a seated man in white robes and a yellow shawl sits with hands folded, and another man in white sits further back among smouldering ash. A brass kalasha stands on the ash-covered ground at left, and white and grey pigeons walk on the sand in the foreground. Sand with faint white kolam designs fills the courtyard.2010-07-08