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Outdoor ashram scene on a dirt courtyard beside a white shrine platform with a tall copper-coloured pillar and a black stone Nandi-style bull. Palm trees and a leafy tree surround plain white buildings with red doors. Several people sit cross-legged on white mats inside circular floor markings, some in white with saffron stoles and yellow garlands. On the right, a row of seated devotees in colourful saris and a woman with a long braid sit on a raised red-and-white bench. One figure in orange robes sits near the centre of the courtyard.

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August 01 20102010-08-01July 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a temple courtyard with a tall copper-colored flagstaff (dhvajastambha) rising among white-painted shrine platforms and palm trees. Several people sit cross-legged in neat circular rings of gravel on sandy ground. Most wear white clothing; a few wear yellow or saffron scarves. One figure in a saffron-orange robe sits near the center right, and a nandi bull statue with a garland stands near the white platforms.2010-07-15Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and a tall copper-coloured flagstaff wrapped in garlands, set before white plinths and a black Nandi bull statue. About a dozen people sit cross-legged in meditation on mats within circular marked patterns on sandy ground. Most wear white clothes with yellow shawls or sashes. One seated figure at the right wears orange-saffron robes and rudraksha beads, and sits in front of a standing man in white near the plinths. A dark stone deity statue stands at the left edge.2010-07-27Outdoor photo of a homa or yagna ritual at an ashram courtyard under coconut palms. Smoke rises from several small fire pits arranged in circles on bare earth. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows: some in orange or saffron garments, others in white, and a few women in sarees. Behind them stands a tall copper-coloured dhwajasthamba flagstaff with a carved base, beside a white stone platform and a large grey-white Nandi bull statue. A man in a striped shirt walks among the seated devotees. Palms and a small roofed building frame the scene. No clearly identifiable a person appears among the people.2010-07-11June 18 20102010-06-18June 27 20102010-06-27June 18 20102010-06-18Outdoor photo of a sunlit sandy courtyard at a temple complex lined with coconut palms. Roughly twenty seated devotees sit cross-legged in rows on circular stone-edged mats: some in white clothes with yellow shawls, others in cream clothes. A woman in the foreground right wears a saffron-orange robe and sits upright in meditation. Behind them stand white-washed plinths, a tall copper-coloured dhvaja or lamp-column with a carved base, and a large black nandi bull statue garlanded with a red-and-yellow flower garland. Thin smoke rises from a fire at the left. Small white buildings with tin roofs sit at the right edge.2010-07-08Outdoor photo of a group meditating in a palm-shaded compound. In the foreground, several seated women in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on mats inside circular rings of pebbles on bare earth. At right, one seated figure wears an orange-saffron robe and sits in front of a ring. Behind them, a tall copper-coloured pillar and white stepped plinths stand near a dark stone bull (Nandi) draped with a marigold garland. Further back, more seated people in white dress sit in rows beside small white-and-red buildings and coconut palms. No readable text is visible on the scene itself.2010-07-14Outdoor ritual scene in an open courtyard with palm trees behind. A tall copper-coloured kalasha-like pillar stands on a white stepped plinth, with a black bull statue (nandi) beside it and smoke rising. Several seated devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in circular marked spots on the sand. In the centre, a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged before the pillar, with another orange-robed sannyasi nearby. In the foreground, women in white, pink, blue and patterned shawls sit on mats facing the ritual area, one wearing a pink headscarf. Statues and a shaded building are visible at the sides.2010-08-06July 19 20102010-07-19