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Photo of a hall with an ornate gold-framed throne behind a group of shirtless young men in white dhotis and saffron cloth, acrobatic practice on a blue mat. A man with long dreadlocks and shirtless torso on the right claps and cheers, while a runner in orange cloth leaps across the mat. A boy with a pole-like wooden post stands on the left; framed photos and a red digital clock show 08:39 PM on the wall. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person by appearance cues, so the central seated figure is not described.

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August 26 20172017-08-26A gymnastics-style pole performance in an indoor hall with pink walls. A young woman in an orange cloth, with long dark braided hair, leaps and holds a vertical wooden pole, her leg extended, while a young man with bare chest and white dhoti-style lower garment stands beside her on a blue mat. Behind them, a bare-chested light-haired man in white shorts and white cloth stands near a wooden door. To the left, a gold ornate arched throne-like frame holds a large cutout photograph of a bearded man in orange with a saffron turban, rudraksha-style beads and raised hand, and seated children and young people in orange and red clothes sit along the floor. A digital clock on the wall reads 08:39 PM.2017-08-26A photograph of a gymnastic pole display inside an ashram hall. A woman in an orange cloth climbs a wooden pole, one leg lifted, gripping it with both hands, while a shirtless man in white dhoti with white markings on his arms steadies her from the side. A shirtless fair-haired man in a white dhoti stands watching on the right. On the left, a golden ornate framed portrait shows a bearded figure in orange robes and a turban with a garland, with a devotee in orange sitting before it and drummers in white and orange behind. A digital clock displays 08:39 and red and white posters line the wall above. A blue mat covers the floor.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26Indoor hall with a blue gymnastic mat set up in front of a wooden pole. A man in an orange cloth and a bare-chested performer climb and lift on the pole while others sit around the stage. On the left, a seated deity murti with ornate garments sits beside a golden throne with a seated figure in orange and red garments; a red digital clock reads 08:39. Several young men in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis sit on the floor, some with orange turbans. A woman in a white sari holds a microphone on the right, and a woman in a maroon top stands further right. Portrait photos hang on the back wall.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesIndoor ashram hall where a performer in an orange-saffron cloth is balancing and gripping a tall wooden pole above a blue padded mat, with another bare-chested man in a white loincloth standing nearby watching. Seated and standing devotees in orange and saffron robes, some in white and some with orange headwear, surround the mat. On the left, a golden throne holds a deity murti in ornate garments and a gilded peetha stands beside it, with a seated figure in saffron and gold-trimmed clothing and a rudraksha-style garland. Two women in white and maroon saris stand at the right edge. Framed photographs of saffron-clad crowds hang on the back wall between maroon curtains.2017-08-26A photograph of a hall with a blue mat in the foreground where a young boy with a bare torso and orange lower cloth grips a wooden pole while a bare-chested man with white-painted patterns and a white dhoti stands beside him. A second man in a white dhoti stands at right with dreadlocks and white marks on his bare chest. Behind them a golden throne holds a deity murti draped in a gold and green cloth with a turban, flanked by a standing figure with a turban and rudraksha mala. A seated man in white at left operates a camera, and a red digital clock on the wall shows 8:24 PM. Framed photographs hang on the upper walls.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26