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Outdoor Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba) session on a stone-paved courtyard. A bare-chested practitioner in orange shorts performs a pole posture on a tall vertical wooden pole, gripping it overhead with both arms while one leg is raised. Several helpers in red and orange clothing steady the poles below, including a man in a red shirt holding the base and a helper in a white turban. Other practitioners on blue and pink mats stand around wooden poles in the background, some in orange or pink outfits. A stage truss and speaker stacks stand to the right beside a stone building, under a cloudy sky with palm trees beyond the courtyard.

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A shirtless young man in orange shorts performs mallakhamba pole yoga on a tall vertical wooden pole, gripping it overhead with both hands while one leg is raised and bent beside the pole. Several other practitioners stand and kneel on colourful mats across a stone courtyard, some holding poles and others with white and orange clothing, one wearing a white head covering. Trees, a brick building, a scaffold stage with speakers, and a cloudy sky are visible behind the courtyard. The scene shows a mallakhamba demonstration at an outdoor yoga event. Many people are visible in the background, though only a subset can be clearly distinguished.2017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba) demonstration on a paved courtyard under a cloudy sky. A shirtless practitioner in orange-red loincloth balances on a vertical wooden pole, gripping it with both hands while his legs are folded around the pole and his feet are bare. Nearby, a shirtless young man in white dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Another young man in a grey t-shirt and a second shirtless participant in a white dhoti look on. Blue and white practice mats, additional wooden poles, and a few more participants in orange and white clothing are visible in the background, with trees and a stage rig at right.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03Outdoor mallakhamba (pole yoga) session on a paved courtyard with a red-brick building and trees behind. A shirtless man with short dark hair balances on top of a tall vertical wooden pole, one leg extended and bent, wearing red shorts and a thin cord across his chest. Several other wooden poles stand around the courtyard with padded mats beneath them. Many people in orange clothing are scattered across the ground, some practising on mats and others standing or bending. In the foreground a person in orange lies prone on a mat, and a woman in black stands at the right edge. Overcast sky above.2017-10-03Outdoor photo of a mallakhamba (pole yoga) demonstration on a paved stone courtyard. A bare-chested young man in white dhoti with a red bead necklace performs a leg-extended pose while gripping a tall vertical wooden pole. Beside him stands a bespectacled bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with a numbered white tag reading 263, watching the performance. Behind them, other participants are on wooden poles over blue mats, a red corrugated shed and gilded temple-style ornaments are visible, and a cloudy sky overhead.2017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor mallakhamba demonstration on a paved stone courtyard under a cloudy sky, with trees and a red-roofed building behind. In the foreground a shirtless young man with long hair tied back performs a pole yoga posture, gripping a tall vertical wooden pole with his legs wrapped around it and palms pressed together in namaste. He wears an orange dhoti-style cloth and a thin cord necklace. Beside him, three shirtless men in orange cloths and gold chains sit with hands folded in prayer, and a crowd of other practitioners in orange cloths perform on more poles and blue mats across the courtyard. No identifiable a person is visible in the foreground.2017-10-03 +1 copiesA shirtless man in a red-orange dhoti-style loincloth performs a balancing pose on a vertical wooden mallakhamba pole, standing on one foot on the pole with arms stretched out horizontally to both sides. A rudraksha or beaded cord hangs around his neck. Behind him, many people in orange and saffron clothing sit and stand on mats across a stone-paved open courtyard, with red-brick buildings, trees and a partly cloudy sky in the background. Other wooden poles stand upright across the courtyard, showing a mallakhamba practice session in progress.2017-10-03