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Outdoor photo of a young shaved-headed man in white shirt and white dhoti standing barefoot on a striped pink, blue, green and purple mat, palms pressed together at chest in namaskar. He wears a red and gold bordered sash over one shoulder. Behind him, a large group of young men and women in white clothes, some with green lanyards, stand in a loose semicircle clapping and holding hands together in greeting, with palm trees and a low concrete wall in the background. The gathering looks like a youth convention activity.

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October 01 20072007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01Outdoors on a striped cotton mat, a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red and gold-bordered shawl performs a forward-bending yoga posture with palms pressed together in namaste, one leg raised behind him. A gold chain hangs at his neck. Around him, a loose semicircle of about a dozen white-clad men and women stands on dry ground with trees behind, clapping or holding hands in prayer; some women wear white saris with gold borders. The scene reads as a yoga demonstration at an outdoor youth gathering.2007-10-01Outdoor scene on dry ground beside a curved green corrugated-metal roof. A young man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red-and-gold bordered shawl stands on a striped pink, blue and green mat, bending forward into a yoga balance with one leg raised high behind him and palms pressed together at chest level, a vertical red tilak on his forehead. Around him a group of about a dozen young men and boys in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands joined in namaste, watching. One man on the right in an orange robe with a shaved head stands among them. Trees and open sky fill the background.2007-10-01Outdoor yoga session on a striped multicolour mat in pink, teal, blue and white. In the foreground a young man in white clothes with a red and gold-bordered shawl bends forward with palms flat on the mat. Behind him a large group of young men and women in white attire stands in a semicircle with hands raised in namaste. A bald man in white garments and an orange-saffron shawl stands centrally, smiling and joining his palms, appearance uncertain as a candidate. A green dome structure and palm trees appear at the left edge.2007-10-01Outdoor photograph of a young man in white kurta and white dhoti with a red-and-gold bordered cloth tied at his waist, bending forward deeply with palms on a striped pink, blue, green and yellow mat, performing a prostration or stretch before a line of people. Behind him a group of about twenty devotees in white clothes stand on dirt ground with palm trees and trees in the background, many with hands pressed together in namaskar or clapping, some wearing rudraksha malas.2007-10-01Outdoor photograph of a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti performing a standing yoga pose with arms raised overhead and palms pressed together at chest, wearing a red and gold bordered shawl and a gold chain. Behind him a group of about a dozen people in white ritual clothes stand on grass with palms joined in namaste, several women in white saris with coloured borders among them. A striped pink, blue and green mat lies on the ground in front, with palm trees and a pale sky behind.2007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01A young man in a white kurta and red-and-gold sashes performs a forward-bending yoga posture on a striped multicoloured mat, his hands planted on the mat and his feet raised overhead with his toes visible. Around him a large group of people in white ritual clothes stand in an outdoor setting under a grey sky, several with palms pressed together in namaskar. Among them a bald man in an orange shawl and white dhoti stands with hands folded, and a green-roofed structure is visible at left.