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Outdoor photograph of a Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba pole yoga) demonstration beside a red multi-storey building and a silver car. A bare-chested practitioner with long dreadlocks and a rudraksha-style neck cord climbs and holds a tall wooden pole, legs wrapped around it. Two men in orange-saffron cloths steady him from below, one lifting his legs. A third man in a black t-shirt with a white name badge and a pendant stands at left, smiling.

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October 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesA smiling young man with long dreadlocked hair tied back performs Shivasthamba Yoga, also called mallakhamba pole yoga, on a vertical wooden pole. He is bare-chested, wearing bright orange shorts and a thin cord at the waist, with a red tilak on his forehead. He grips the pole with both arms and hooks one leg around it while the other foot rests on the pole, lifting his body. Behind him are salmon-coloured multi-storey ashram buildings with wooden shuttered windows, and a second robed person stands in the background near a green plant.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor site visit at a construction area in front of a pink-painted building with a tin roof, trees and a grey metal gate. A red umbrella with small colourful tassels is held over a central figure with long dreadlocks, a bearded man in a deep red-orange wrap and a bead necklace. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with gold borders faces away, and on the right a bearded man with long grey dreadlocks wears an orange wrap, rudraksha-style beads and a necklace, with a ladder at the edge. A man in a striped shirt with a crossbody bag stands at left holding a red cloth. Sandy ground and stacked concrete pipes are visible.2018-05-10October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesA curly-haired man in orange wrapped cloth, bare-shouldered, hugs a tall wooden mallakhamba pole with both arms while smiling toward the side. Behind him is a red corrugated-metal wall. The pole has a rounded top, and he wears a red-and-black beaded bracelet. The scene suggests Shivasthamba pole yoga practice.2017-10-03 +1 copiesA photograph taken outdoors beside a dark grey SUV parked under a covered shelter with red steel posts and a red boundary wall behind. On the left, a man with long dreadlocks and a rust-brown rudraksha mala stands bare-chested in a white dhoti, holding a long wooden pole and keys. Centre, a smiling man with long dreadlocks, a red tilak on his forehead and a red-brown cloth draped over his shoulder stands by the open car door. In the foreground, a bare-backed man with dreadlocks tied up faces him, and at the right edge a person in a grey-white shawl is partially visible. Four people are in the scene.2017-04-17Outdoor photo of a group of men in saffron-orange dhotis and wraps on a paved courtyard, gathered in a playful stance with arms outstretched. A shirtless man at left holds a hand out, and a man in a black shirt and black track pants stands at centre with hands raised near his face. Behind them a red-and-gold ornate shrine structure with a gilded canopy sits in front of a red multi-storey building, with a grey sky overhead and blue exercise mats on the ground.2017-10-03 +1 copies