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Aerial view of a large granite-paved courtyard where many practitioners perform Shivasthamba Yoga, also known as mallakhamba, on tall wooden poles set on blue mats. Participants wear orange and saffron clothing and several stand or climb beside the poles. Scattered white mats and red mats lie around the square, with onlookers in darker clothing standing along the edges. A yellow-and-black metal scaffold and stage equipment stand at the left, and a grey overcast sky and green trees surround the compound with red-roofed buildings beyond.