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Outdoor photo of a mallakhamba pole yoga session on a stone-paved courtyard. In the foreground a shirtless man in orange shorts climbs and holds a vertical wooden pole while another man in orange shorts steadies him and a third man in black clothing grips the pole's base; blue and orange crash mats lie on the ground. Behind them, several people in white and in orange shorts practise on other poles, some on white mats.

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October 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03Outdoor photo of a mallakhamba pole yoga practice on a stone-paved courtyard. A bare-chested man in orange shorts climbs and holds a vertical wooden pole, while another man in orange shorts steadies him from a blue mat and a man in a black shirt grips the pole's base on an orange cushion. Behind them stands a wooden stage with black draping, cables, water bottles and blue equipment cases marked TM, and an orange garment lies folded on the cases.2017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03Overhead view of a stone-paved courtyard where many participants practise Shivasthamba Yoga, also called mallakhamba, on tall vertical wooden poles. Several performers climb or hang from the poles while others stand on padded mats in dark sports clothes and shorts. In the lower foreground, two men in orange-red cloth and one bare-chested man grip a pole, with a woman in orange nearby. A metal lighting truss, speaker cabinets and road cases stand at right, and cables run across the paving. Many people appear, roughly 20 to 30 counted across the scene.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesJuly 08 20172017-07-08October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03