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Outdoor photo of a large group of men and a few women standing on a paved stone courtyard, many raising arms and pointing as if cheering or instructing. Men wear orange, red, blue and white sleeveless tops with dark shorts or trousers; one man in a white turban and white dhoti stands among them, and a man in a cream shirt and grey trousers stands at right. Tall wooden poles. A woman in black stands at right and a white-clothed figure appears at far right. Light scatter across the stone ground; a large black speaker is visible at left.

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October 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba) demonstration on a paved stone courtyard. Three men in orange-saffron cloths wrapped around their waists, with rudraksha-style cords around their necks, perform pole-yoga postures beside wooden vertical poles. The central man leaps with arms raised and hands on his head, while the man on the left jumps with his arms out and the man on the right stands barefoot in orange. Behind them, several onlookers in dark and red clothes watch, stacked yoga mats lie on the ground, and a stage with speakers stands near palm trees.2017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03Outdoor mallakhamba (Shivasthamba Yoga) practice on a paved courtyard under a pale sky with palm trees behind. Several men in orange dhotis and bare chests perform pole yoga beside upright wooden poles and red-and-blue practice mats. The foreground man in an orange dhoti raises both arms overhead in a squat-like posture while another in orange clothing leaps near a pole. Participants wear white name badges on their chests and a crowd of onlookers in black and dark clothing stands in the background.2017-10-03Outdoor photo of a large mallakhamba (Shivasthamba Yoga) session on a stone-paved courtyard. Many participants stand among tall vertical wooden poles; many wear saffron/orange clothing and orange shorts, while others wear black, red, blue and white. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near the center of the scene, and a man in white dhoti holds a camera. Behind the poles, a red brick building and a green truck appear among palm trees and a stone wall. Crowds are dense with many people visible, but the image shows far more than a hundred people only if counted precisely, so the group is best described as a large gathering.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03Outdoor Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba pole yoga) session on a paved ground with many wooden poles and mats. In the foreground, a bearded man with curly hair and glasses, bare-chested with an orange cloth wrap and a thin white cord across his chest, smiles while extending one leg. Beside him, a man in a red shirt and white dhoti balances on one foot. Behind them, other practitioners in orange, red and blue clothing and black t-shirts perform poses among the poles, with a red wall and palm trees in the background.2017-10-03Outdoor photo on a stone-paved courtyard at an ashram, with a tall wooden pole running diagonally across the frame, a long horizontal pole overhead and a camera on a tripod. Several men walk past the pole: one in an orange shirt and rust-red dhoti in the foreground, another bare-chested in a red-brown dhoti, and others in white dhotis and vests, with a man in a grey t-shirt among them. Behind them women in black and orange-saffron clothing stand and watch, and people in orange robes and white dhotis gather near a brick building and red-walled structure with a green tree. A green mat lies on the ground at the left. Visible people number about twenty.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor courtyard of stone slabs with many participants performing Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba pole yoga) on vertical wooden poles set on blue padded mats. Several practitioners are shirtless in orange and red lower garments, some stretching on poles. A woman in a cream sari with a head covering stands near the centre, and a man in white dhoti with a bare chest stands among the group. A red building, trees and a stone structure with a scaffold tower form the backdrop under a bright sky. Crowd large but many figures are partially visible at a distance.2017-10-03