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Outdoor ritual on a dusty ground beneath tall coconut palms. Many devotees sit cross-legged on mats in rows, mostly in white clothing with red shawls or sashes, and some in yellow or saffron. Several sit beside small smoking fire pits, and smoke drifts through the palms. A tall tapered pillar with a trident finial stands centre background beside white shrine platforms and a dark deity murti. A red raised block with a kalasha-like top stands in the foreground. A standing man in white is bent over a fire at right. Nearby a figure in orange robes sits near the left-side shrine, and a few people are scattered in the background, consistent with a homa or pada-puja gathering.

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Outdoor ritual scene in a sandy courtyard with palm trees and smoke rising from several fire pits. A tall tapering copper-coloured ritual pillar with a trident-like finial stands in the background beside a white platform holding a deity murti. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats in rows, many with yellow and white shawls, while a man in a light shirt stirs a fire pit with a long tool at right. A single figure in orange robes sits near the centre-left, and a trident stands upright in the foreground.2010-07-11Outdoor ashram scene under palm trees and a pale sky, with smoke drifting over the ground. Several young men in white clothes and yellow shawls sit cross-legged around circular fire pits blackened with ash, apparently performing a homa or yagna. A standing man in a white shirt and dark trousers tends the fire with a long-handled tool. Behind them rises a tall copper-coloured ceremonial flagstaff with a trident-like finial, beside white stepped platforms and a white shrine structure. A trident stands on a red pedestal at the left edge, and a woman in orange sits near the far left. Other figures move among the palms in white and dark clothing. Visible people number about ten to fifteen.2010-07-11Outdoor ritual scene in a courtyard of palm trees under a pale dawn sky. A tall wooden flagstaff with a tapering top rises from a white stepped platform at centre. Around it, small circular fire pits are set in the ground, with smoke rising from several at right. Many people sit cross-legged on the earth in white clothes with yellow shawls, some wearing red scarves. Two seated figures near the foreground wear saffron-orange robes. Stone sculptures and a dark deity murti stand near the platform. A flat copper-topped pedestal sits in the foreground. This appears to be a homa or yagna gathering, though the exact rite is not clear.2010-08-09Outdoor photograph at dusk of a ritual ground beneath an overcast sky, with tall coconut palms around it. Many seated participants sit in a field of small circular fire pits, with smoke rising from several. Most wear white or yellow garments; a few seated figures wear saffron/orange clothing. A tall tapering ritual pole stands at centre beside two white stone platforms or altars. Several participants in white sit or stand in the fire-pit area, consistent with a homa or yagna. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible, so no appearance-based identification is made. Approximately 20 people are visible.2010-06-13Outdoor photograph at dusk of many participants seated cross-legged in a open dirt yard, each before a small circular fire pit producing smoke. Participants wear white dhotis and shirts, with saffron-orange cloth on some and yellow shawls on others; one seated man in the foreground wears a red shawl over white. Tall coconut palms and a tall bamboo-like pole with a crossbar rise behind white stepped platforms, under a grey overcast sky. Several people stand at the left edge.2010-06-13Outdoor photo of a ritual ground with many people seated cross-legged in white clothes and yellow shawls, arranged in rings of stones on sandy earth. A tall lamp-post-like pillar rises from a white square platform among coconut palms, with smoke rising from the right and a dark deity murti visible on a plinth at the back. One person in an orange robe sits at left, seemingly apart from the white-clad group. The scene reads as a group sitting ceremony or sadhana, with the seated figures numbering many people.2010-06-28August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of an open dusty courtyard at a temple complex, with about a dozen people seated cross-legged inside circular raised ash or smoke rings on the ground. Most wear white clothes with yellow shawls; one seated figure in the foreground wears orange and another near the left wears orange. A tall ornate wooden flagpole with an orange flag stands in the centre, flanked by white stepped stone platforms, and palm trees surround the scene under an overcast sky. Smoke rises from a fire pit at right, and small stone figures lie at the right edge.2010-07-07July 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard of packed earth with palm trees behind. Several devotees sit cross-legged in circular fire pits ringed with ash, several wearing white clothes with yellow or orange shawls. A tall copper-coloured pillar stands on a white stepped plinth, and a black Shiva lingam sits on a white pedestal at right, with a dark stone basin nearby. A figure in an orange robe stands at left and another in white stands near the plinth. Smoke rises from the fire pits. A wooden information board stands at left under overcast sky.2010-07-28 +1 copiesJune 13 20102010-06-13