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Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees. A seated figure in orange robes sits on a circular platform with a small brass vessel before them, while a standing man in white dhoti and shirt holds a striped yellow-and-black umbrella over them. A tall copper-coloured pillar stands behind a white plinth holding a dark stone deity murti garlanded with red and yellow flowers. Several people in white clothing sit on the ground in the background near a stone structure and dried logs. A wet concrete walkway runs in the foreground.

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July 09 20102010-07-09July 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard among coconut palms, with a white stepped plinth holding a tall copper-coloured pillar garlanded with marigold strings and a dark stone Nandi bull with a flower garland in front. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in meditative folded-hands pose on a low seat inside a circle of gravel. Around him, about a dozen people sit in white dhotis and kurtas and white sarees, several with yellow shawls, some with orange sashes, arranged in gravel-ringed seats. A dark stone standing deity statue and a stone pedestal stand at the left edge, with brass and ritual items on the ground.2010-07-14Outdoor temple courtyard scene among tall coconut palms. In the foreground a person in an orange saffron shawl sits cross-legged on a circular raised platform ringed with ash, a small brass kalasha/lamp vessel beside them, with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers draped over a large black stone deity murti (Shivalinga-style) on a white stepped pedestal. A copper-coloured pillar rises behind. Further back, two seated people in orange and yellow cloth sit by black stone statues, one beside a serpent-hooded figure. A standing person in white clothes holds a cream and orange umbrella over the murti area while another figure in white stands at right. Smoke drifts from ash pits.2010-07-09Outdoor ashram ritual in a courtyard with sandy ground. At the centre, a person in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a dark circular mat with hands folded in prayer, facing a white shrine with a black stone Shiva lingam garlanded with red and yellow flower garlands and a small brass kalasha. Several people in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in prayer in circular pits around the courtyard, and a standing man in white with a red shawl and a walking stick watches nearby. A white-robed attendant stands to the right. Behind the shrine are palm trees and a large orange-and-cream umbrella, and in the foreground a red-topped white square platform stands on wet paving.2010-07-09July 09 20102010-07-09July 09 20102010-07-09July 09 20102010-07-09Outdoor photo of a group meditating on bare sandy ground beneath tall coconut palms. Several practitioners sit cross-legged on mats inside circular ash rings, mostly in white clothing with yellow or orange stoles, while one seated figure in orange robes sits at left. Behind them stand a tall copper-coloured pillar, white raised platforms, and dark stone bull statues draped with yellow garlands. A small structure with a thatched roof appears at left. Roughly eight to ten people are visible.2010-08-02 +1 copiesJuly 09 20102010-07-09A photograph of a Panchatapas-style outdoor sadhana in a palm-lined compound. In the foreground a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and orange head covering, wearing a long rudraksha mala, sits with hands folded in meditation on a raised circular platform ringed by glowing embers. Behind, a dark stone Shivalinga draped with a yellow-and-orange garland sits on a white plinth beneath a tall palm trunk. Around the fire rings, several people in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow garlands sit in meditation, one standing man in white with a yellow garland walks in the background, and a figure in striped clothing stands at right. A brass kalasha sits near the central figure, with dark stone deity sculptures lining the left side of the grounds.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene in a palm-lined grounds with a white-plastered stone platform holding a black Nandi-like bull statue garlanded with red flowers. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and long hair stands barefoot in the foreground beside a small brass pot on a stone ring. Around him, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit or stand on sand-and-gravel circles, some with hands folded. A man in white with a saffron cloth over his shoulder walks at left holding a staff. Tall ornate brass lamp column stands behind the platform.2010-07-10