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Outdoor courtyard practice session for Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba pole yoga) in front of a red-ochre multi-storey building. Several tall wooden poles stand upright on a pale stone floor, with thick blue crash mats laid at their bases. Participants in orange shorts and orange lungis, some bare-chested, stand in a line on the left and gather near the centre; one man in a dark shirt and orange shorts stands with arms crossed, and another in a colourful striped jersey and shorts stands at right. A man in a dark suit and grey trousers walks across the back, and a row of people stands by a table and chairs under green trees. A large screen is set up near the building doorway.

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October 03 20172017-10-03Outdoor mallakhamba practice in a paved courtyard in front of a red multi-storey building with unfinished upper floors. Several shirtless male practitioners in orange dhoti-style cloths perform pole yoga on tall vertical wooden poles set on blue mats. One practitioner in a black top and shorts stands on a mat near the centre, and another in orange climbs or balances on a pole at right. A man in white dhoti with a saffron head wrap walks across the courtyard at centre, and a yellow-green tarpaulin shelter and speaker stacks stand behind. Trees and a cloudy sky sit beyond.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08 +1 copiesWide outdoor courtyard of paved grey stone with many blue mats laid out in rows, where people practise mallakhamba, a pole yoga. In the foreground a shirtless young man with long dark hair and a white loincloth-style cloth grips a tall wooden pole while a man in an orange shirt and a man in a black shirt steady and support him. Behind them many other practitioners in orange and white are spread across the mats and pole stands, some hanging or climbing. Red multi-storey buildings, a tent canopy and a cameraman on a tripod line the courtyard under an overcast sky.2017-10-03