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Outdoor photo of a yagna or homa at dusk in an open courtyard with palm trees and dark stone sculptures behind. A sacred fire burns in a raised pit at right, with several dark stone deity murtis beside it. Several people sit in circular fire-pit rings on the sand, including a figure in white with a red shawl and figures in yellow and white. About fifteen seated devotees in white saris and white or orange clothing face the fire on wooden mats at left, some in orange and red. A red and white signboard stands at left. The scene is a group ritual, with the seated women and men arranged in front of the fire and the sculptures.

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Outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground, palm trees and a low white wall. Around a stone paved area, several seated people in white and yellow clothes sit on circular stone-rimmed mats near black stone statues of deities and a tall white pedestal. A seated woman in an orange garment is at the right, and a man in white stands near a white shrine structure. Rows of women in white, cream and pastel saris sit on mats in the foreground, facing the scene. A thatched hut, a signboard map and a parked white car appear at left. The scene resembles a sarva-darshan style gathering.2010-07-04July 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesOutdoor ashram courtyard at dusk beside palm trees, with a row of stone sculptures and pale blue-rimmed circular platforms. Several women in white and yellow sit cross-legged on the ground in front of the platforms, while a long line of women in white and pink sit on mats in the foreground. A man in an orange robe stands centre stage with other men in white dhotis and a white shirt behind him, and a man in white stands at the left near a small podium. Smoke rises from the right, and a silver SUV is parked behind the group.2010-07-07A photograph of an outdoor Pancha Tapas ritual on a bare earth ground under palm trees. Many women sit cross-legged in rings of ash and burnt earth, with smoke rising around them. Foreground women wear white dhotis or sarees with orange shawls and hold their hands in meditative posture; others wear white with yellow shawls. Behind them are white stepped platforms, a tall wooden pole, and a signboard. A sannyasi-like figure in white stands at right. No candidate for a person is clearly visible, so no appearance-based identification is made.2010-08-10 +1 copiesOutdoor ashram courtyard with a tall copper-coloured pillar and white raised platforms among palm trees. Dozens of devotees sit on striped mats in rows, mostly women in white and pastel saris and salwar kameez, with some in orange and red. A few seated figures wear orange robes. A dark stone sculpture of a seated deity stands at left beside white plinths, and a standing person in white moves near the centre. Single-storey white and red ashram buildings line the right side. The scene suggests a group meditation or satsang gathering.2010-07-04Outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground and tall palm trees. A large white and red striped platform with a low white dais stands in the centre, where a few people sit on the edge. Around it many people in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats in rows, some wearing yellow or orange shawls. A figure in a saffron-orange robe sits near the left side of the seated rows. A white plinth with a bull statue stands at left and a tall wooden post with garlands rises at the far left. White ashram buildings with tin roofs sit behind the trees. Several people in the foreground, including a woman in a light blue headscarf and a woman in a pink-and-gold shawl, sit facing the platform, appearing to attend a group sitting or satsang.2010-08-07Outdoor ritual scene in an open courtyard with palm trees behind. A tall copper-coloured kalasha-like pillar stands on a white stepped plinth, with a black bull statue (nandi) beside it and smoke rising. Several seated devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in circular marked spots on the sand. In the centre, a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged before the pillar, with another orange-robed sannyasi nearby. In the foreground, women in white, pink, blue and patterned shawls sit on mats facing the ritual area, one wearing a pink headscarf. Statues and a shaded building are visible at the sides.2010-08-06Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard under palm trees. Smoke rises from small fire pits where several people in white clothes tend the flames. In the foreground, a row of seated devotees sits on woven mats: a woman in an orange-red top, a woman in yellow and green, a woman in a blue patterned shawl, a woman with a purple shawl, and others in white. Behind them stands a tall stone lamp post garlanded with marigold strands, beside a black stone Nandi bull decorated with a garland, on white raised platforms. A small white building with a tin roof sits at the right edge.2010-07-07August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesOutdoor scene at dusk in a palm-lined courtyard where about a dozen people sit cross-legged in circles of glowing embers on bare ground. Most wear white clothing with yellow shawls or sashes, while one woman in the foreground wears an orange-red shawl. Behind them stand white raised platforms, a tall brass-coloured pillar, and dark stone sculptures. Several participants sit in meditation with eyes closed. A bald man in white sits on a white platform in the centre, with a larger white structure to the right. Palm trees and tropical foliage frame the background under a pale blue evening sky.2010-07-28 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a group of people seated cross-legged on mats in a palm-fringed courtyard at Pancha-tapas, with a tall copper-coloured ceremonial pillar and white stepped platforms in the background. In the foreground, several women sit with their backs to the camera, wearing white, saffron, yellow, pink and blue saris and salwar. Further back, a seated figure in orange robes sits in front of a dark Nandi-like sculpture garlanded with orange flowers, with other participants in white and yellow seated around small circular marked spaces on the ground. Stone statues stand at the left edge.2010-07-07July 23 20102010-07-23