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A photograph of a large outdoor gathering on a reddish-brown dug earth site with piled grey stones in the foreground. Many men in white ceremonial dhotis and white shirts stand and walk across the site, several holding small stones or objects in their hands. Behind them, a line of women in white and saffron-orange saris and dresses moves across the upper ground, with a tree and a fenced field beyond. The scene suggests a communal work or offering activity at an ashram campus, though no specific ritual is legible. No clearly identifiable a person figure is evident among the people visible.

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Outdoor photo of a large group of men and women in white ritual clothing working on a dusty, excavated site with rough-hewn grey stones piled in the foreground. Many men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with white towels over their shoulders, while several women in white saris and a few in orange or saffron saris stand in a line along the ridge in the background. Some men in the middle distance carry or pass small objects and tools, and a few wear grey trousers or light shirts. Bare saplings, a tree on the left and a row of distant structures with greenery frame the scene.2008-06-20Outdoor site work on reddish-brown excavated earth. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with shoulder cloths, work at the pit and carry materials, and a man in a white dhoti with a yellow waistband stands near the center. Along the upper ridge, a long line of women in white saris and colourful salwar-style dress walk or stand beside a wire fence. Piles of cut grey stone lie in the foreground. Caption text on the page names the Bhakti Spurana Convention at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru.2008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20Outdoor scene on a dug-out earth site with a sloped embankment, where a large crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, with some women in white saris and others in orange, pink and patterned clothing, stands along the edge handing and sprinkling items from cloth bundles. In the foreground, a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti, a man in a pink kurta, and a grey-haired man in a patterned shirt stand at the edge of the pit. Behind them is a fenced field with scrub trees, low stone markers and a distant sky. The activity appears to be a ritual at an excavated pit, with offerings being passed among participants.2008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20Outdoor photo of a group of men in white dhotis and white shirts working on a construction site among dirt mounds, piles of gravel and stacked stones, with palm trees and scrub in the background. A man in the foreground holds a pile of stones or sacks while others around him, some wearing rudraksha-style neck malas, stand and carry materials. A man in a saffron-bordered white garment stands near a stone pile on the right. Wooden stakes and a concrete slab lie on the ground, with other workers visible on a raised area at the upper left.2008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20Outdoor scene at a construction or groundbreaking site with raw red-brown earth, a pile of grey gravel, a concrete slab and palm trees behind a wire fence. About twenty men in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers walk and stand across the dug ground, several with cloth bags or small items in hand. One man in the centre wears a pale yellow-cream dhoti and kurta and stands out from the white-clad group. Women in saris are visible at the far left edge near the fence. The scene suggests a devotee work or consecration activity, though no ritual objects are clearly identifiable.2008-06-20