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Outdoor ashram scene under palm trees and a pale sky, with smoke drifting over the ground. Several young men in white clothes and yellow shawls sit cross-legged around circular fire pits blackened with ash, apparently performing a homa or yagna. A standing man in a white shirt and dark trousers tends the fire with a long-handled tool. Behind them rises a tall copper-coloured ceremonial flagstaff with a trident-like finial, beside white stepped platforms and a white shrine structure. A trident stands on a red pedestal at the left edge, and a woman in orange sits near the far left. Other figures move among the palms in white and dark clothing. Visible people number about ten to fifteen.

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Outdoor ritual on a dusty ground beneath tall coconut palms. Many devotees sit cross-legged on mats in rows, mostly in white clothing with red shawls or sashes, and some in yellow or saffron. Several sit beside small smoking fire pits, and smoke drifts through the palms. A tall tapered pillar with a trident finial stands centre background beside white shrine platforms and a dark deity murti. A red raised block with a kalasha-like top stands in the foreground. A standing man in white is bent over a fire at right. Nearby a figure in orange robes sits near the left-side shrine, and a few people are scattered in the background, consistent with a homa or pada-puja gathering.2010-08-09Outdoor photo of an open dusty courtyard at a temple complex, with about a dozen people seated cross-legged inside circular raised ash or smoke rings on the ground. Most wear white clothes with yellow shawls; one seated figure in the foreground wears orange and another near the left wears orange. A tall ornate wooden flagpole with an orange flag stands in the centre, flanked by white stepped stone platforms, and palm trees surround the scene under an overcast sky. Smoke rises from a fire pit at right, and small stone figures lie at the right edge.2010-07-07Outdoor photo of a ritual ground with many people seated cross-legged in white clothes and yellow shawls, arranged in rings of stones on sandy earth. A tall lamp-post-like pillar rises from a white square platform among coconut palms, with smoke rising from the right and a dark deity murti visible on a plinth at the back. One person in an orange robe sits at left, seemingly apart from the white-clad group. The scene reads as a group sitting ceremony or sadhana, with the seated figures numbering many people.2010-06-28July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard of packed earth with palm trees behind. Several devotees sit cross-legged in circular fire pits ringed with ash, several wearing white clothes with yellow or orange shawls. A tall copper-coloured pillar stands on a white stepped plinth, and a black Shiva lingam sits on a white pedestal at right, with a dark stone basin nearby. A figure in an orange robe stands at left and another in white stands near the plinth. Smoke rises from the fire pits. A wooden information board stands at left under overcast sky.2010-07-28 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene in a courtyard of palm trees under a pale dawn sky. A tall wooden flagstaff with a tapering top rises from a white stepped platform at centre. Around it, small circular fire pits are set in the ground, with smoke rising from several at right. Many people sit cross-legged on the earth in white clothes with yellow shawls, some wearing red scarves. Two seated figures near the foreground wear saffron-orange robes. Stone sculptures and a dark deity murti stand near the platform. A flat copper-topped pedestal sits in the foreground. This appears to be a homa or yagna gathering, though the exact rite is not clear.2010-08-09Outdoor photo of a ritual gathering on bare sandy ground beneath tall coconut palms and a grey sky. Several people sit cross-legged in white clothes with yellow shawls, and a few wear orange or saffron garments; some sit on small circular ash or fire-pit rings with smoke rising. Behind them stand white-painted raised platforms and a black stone Nandi bull, with a tall pole or stambha and a small shelter at the left. A standing figure in white is near the platforms. Some sitters wear orange robes with red-and-orange shawls. About a dozen people are visible, seated in a loose row.2010-07-27Outdoor photograph of people seated in a ring-shaped formation on sandy ground among palm trees. In the foreground a man in white kurta and white dhoti sits cross-legged within a circle of grey stones, wearing a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders. Behind him, several other seated participants in white clothes and yellow shawls are arranged in similar stone circles. A tall ornate column rises in the background, along with white-painted platforms and a dark deity murti on a pedestal. Thin smoke drifts up near the right side. A few orange-robed figures stand near a white SUV and a small thatched building on the left. Bright daylight with a pale sky.2010-07-10July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor ashram scene at dawn beneath tall coconut palms. A tall copper-coloured kalasha-like column rises from a white stepped platform where a standing man in white dhoti and a red shawl stands. Around the courtyard, about a dozen people sit on mats in meditation or puja postures on small ring-shaped ash or fire pits, several in yellow shawls and white clothes, one in orange robes and one in an orange wrap near a black stone deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. Stone sculptures and a white wall stand in the background, with smoke rising at the right.2010-08-05Outdoor photo of a temple courtyard at the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam campus with a tall copper-coloured flagstaff or dhwaja-stambha rising from a white square platform. A standing figure in orange robes stands at the base near a small fire or lamp, with a few small lamps set in circular stone rings on the sandy ground. Around the courtyard, roughly two dozen people in white and yellow clothing sit cross-legged in meditation or ritual posture on the ground, with coconut palms and a grey overcast sky behind. Stone sculptures and a low white wall stand to the left. Smoke rises near the platform. The orange-robed figure is not identifiable from appearance alone.2010-07-08July 02 20102010-07-02 +1 copies