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Outdoor photo of a rain-dampened compound with puddles and sandy ground. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red border kneels at the centre in front of a dark stone deity murti and a black stone sculpture of a seated figure with a shrine. Four people in white clothing sit or kneel in a row behind her at the right, before a line of dark stone statues and a tall figure. Other people in blue, yellow, and red walk or stand at the left near palm trees, one under an umbrella. A white bird walks on the wet ground in the foreground and a fire pit with ash is visible.

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A wet, open dirt courtyard beside a palm-lined yard with a white dove walking in the foreground. Several women sit in a row on the ground in front of dark stone sculptures and black-stone deity figures, with small fire pits blackened by ash in the foreground. The woman nearest the centre wears a white sari with an orange border and sits with hands folded. Other women in white and a yellow top sit nearby. Behind them, two people walk under umbrellas past a white-and-green signboard, and a red-roofed structure stands near the sculptures. Puddles and tyre tracks mark the ground.2010-07-22July 22 20102010-07-22Outdoor photo of a meditation garden with several stone deity statues, a large Nandi bull statue wrapped in marigold garlands at right, and palm trees behind. Foreground: white and grey pigeons on a pale concrete floor. A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform at right with hands folded in lap. Behind him, several people in white and yellow clothing sit meditating on gravel-bedded circles, including a woman in a white sari and others seated near the statues.2010-07-15July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard with a low raised red-topped platform in front of several dark grey stone deity murti and carved figures, including a cobra-hooded figure and multi-armed figures. Four women sit cross-legged on the ground around the platform: one in an orange-and-white sari at left, one in a white sari with an orange shawl centre-left, one in a yellow shawl over white clothes seated right of centre, and another in yellow and white further right. A grey pigeon walks on the pale concrete in the foreground. Green palms, shrubs and a white boundary wall surround the scene.2010-07-04July 08 20102010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor photo of a seated man in orange robes with a red bindi and long hair, meditating cross-legged on a low wooden platform at the centre-right. Beside him stands a golden kalasha-style vessel on the ground amid grey ash-like patterned ground. Three women sit in the background in cream and white and orange garments, one wearing yellow garlands, with black stone deity sculptures and a white pillar behind. Several white and grey pigeons walk on the sandy ground in front. A palm tree and boundary wall frame the scene.2010-07-08Outdoor photo of a meditation practice at a temple-like courtyard with grey stone deity sculptures and palm trees behind. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair, orange robes and a rudraksha-style prayer posture sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform with hands folded, eyes closed, while a small brass vessel sits on the sand beside him. Behind him, four women sit in meditation: two in orange garments and two in white with yellow shawls. Four grey and white pigeons walk on the sandy ground with white kolam-style chalk patterns.2010-07-08Outdoor temple courtyard at dusk with a sacred fire burning in a stone-ringed pit. A person with long dark hair and an ornate orange robe, a rudraksha mala around the neck, sits cross-legged in meditation on a low platform inside a circle of grey stones, with a brass vessel beside them. Behind, a white shrine holds a black Shiva lingam garlanded with white flowers. Other seated participants in white dhotis and yellow shawls, and one in orange, sit in similar stone circles around the fire. Two men in white dhotis, one with a red shawl, stand watching. Dark stone deity sculptures and palm trees fill the background, and two pigeons walk on a wet concrete platform in front.2010-07-11July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor photo of a sandy ashram courtyard with palm trees, where devotees sit in rows on small dark ash-covered mats in front of white shrine platforms and a black stone deity murti. Most participants wear white clothing with orange or yellow shawls. Several sit cross-legged over smoking fire pits, and one person in white stands at the right edge. A tall stone pillar with garlands and a trident marker stand near a red pedestal, with white pigeons on the ground. Dark-skinned earth mounds lie among the mats.2010-08-10 +1 copies