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Outdoor ritual scene on a dusty ground. A woman with dark hair pulled back sits cross-legged on a raised circular platform of ash or earth, wearing a white sari with an orange-red shawl draped over her shoulder. Two white pigeons walk on the ground near her. In the foreground, several devotees in white clothing sit facing her, including one with a blue head covering and one with grey braided hair. Red and white pillars and dark stone blocks stand in the background.

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July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor photo of two women seated in meditation on bare ground inside circular raised rings of grey ash from fire pits. The woman in front on the right wears a cream and white sari with a bright orange shawl draped over her shoulders, hands resting in her lap, eyes closed. Behind her, a second woman in a cream garment with a yellow shawl sits in a similar ring. Two white pigeons stand on a grey ledge in the foreground, and grey stone pillars and a stack of firewood appear in the background.2010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11July 20 20102010-07-20July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor scene at an open ground with carved grey stone deity murtis and sculpted figures in the background. Three women sit cross-legged in meditation on raised circular platforms with ash-grey rings around them, wearing white or cream clothes with saffron-orange shawls; one wears a yellow shawl. Two white pigeons perch on a concrete slab in the foreground. A bundle of wood and a few trees stand behind the statues.2010-07-11July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on a small wooden platform with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap, in an outdoor courtyard. Behind him stands a white stone base topped with a dark stone deity murti draped with a garland of yellow and red flowers. A brass kalasha sits to his left on a grey ash-covered circle. Several pigeons, both grey and white, peck at the sand in the foreground. Behind him, two women in white and yellow clothing sit on the ground, and a person in white with a yellow shawl kneels at the right edge with a tray. Dark stone statues and palm trees fill the background. The man has long dark hair and is seated in meditation, with his robe, the garland and the kalasha drawing the eye.2010-07-08Outdoor 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 temple courtyard scene with a man seated cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden platform, wearing an orange saffron robe, eyes closed, hands folded, with a garland of orange and white flowers draped over the white shrine behind him. Beside him stands a brass kalasha/pot on a raised circular platform outlined with gravel. Several people in white, yellow and orange garments sit in meditation on the ground in the background, and a man in white with a yellow shawl kneels at the right edge. Two pigeons, one white and one grey, stand on a reddish-brown platform in the foreground. Dark stone sculptures and a parked white car are visible at the back.2010-07-08August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20