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Three people walk along a dirt-edged road in front of a white boundary wall and young trees. Left, a person with short curly dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears orange robes and carries a tall bamboo staff with an orange cloth tied to its top. Centre, a smiling woman in orange robes and orange drape carries a similar staff. Right, a woman with light hair in a white dhoti-style garment with an orange shawl walks holding a staff. Dry ground and a small concrete edge lie in the foreground.

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Photo of a group of young women walking along a dirt road through a rural, grassy landscape under an overcast sky, carrying long bamboo staffs with small orange flags. Several wear saffron/orange saris with rudraksha malas, while others wear white saris with yellow borders; a woman in front smiles while holding a staff. A low building with a red-tiled roof and distant hills appear in the background.2006-08-17A group of young monastic trainees walks away from the camera along a dirt road beside a grey concrete wall and green shrubs under an overcast sky. Most wear saffron-orange draped cloths, and a few in white garments lead the line. Several carry long bamboo poles with small orange pennants. Their long dark hair is visible down their backs, and a rough cleared construction area lies beyond the wall.2006-08-17December 30 20092009-12-30August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photograph of a group of young trainees walking in a line along a dirt path near a white building and green trees. Most wear saffron-orange sarongs and shawls draped over one shoulder with bundled knots, and several carry long bamboo staves. A woman in the centre wears a white blouse and skirt with an orange shawl and holds a staff; a man in white with an orange shawl walks behind. Two girls on the right wear orange sarongs with yellow borders and orange head wraps. Visible rear-facing figures suggest a monastic training walk. No clearly identifiable a person figure is present in this image.2006-08-17A group of women walks away from the camera along a dusty dirt path, carrying tall bamboo staffs topped with orange cloth streamers. Most wear orange saris draped over the shoulder, and a few wear white garments. Their hair is long and dark, and some tie orange ribbons at the hair. Behind them stands a grey concrete block wall beside green shrubs and a tall tree under a cloudy sky. The people are barefoot, and the scene looks like a monastic training activity at an ashram site.2006-08-17October 07 20062006-10-07November 23 20092009-11-23Outdoor procession on a dirt road beside a white compound wall and palm trees. Several people in orange and saffron robes walk in a group, with women in white saris bordered yellow and a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl carrying a long wooden pole topped by an ornate yellow-fringed canopy embroidered in red, green and blue with flowers and a bird emblem. In the centre, a man in an orange robe wears a long gold-bead garland and a red tilak on his forehead. Another orange-robed man walks at right with a wristwatch. A parked white vehicle sits in the background. Several figures are partly cut off at the edges.2010-02-12Outdoor photograph of a group of saffron-robed men walking along a paved path beside a wire fence and green shrubs under trees. Centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange turban, orange shawl and orange robe. Beside him, a bearded man in a long white and tan wrap walks with others. Another man in orange holds a silver tray of flowers, and a man at right in orange carries a folder. Several monks in orange and peach robes, some bald, accompany them.2009-12-11A group of about ten women walks along a dirt path in open countryside, carrying long bamboo poles with small orange flags. Most wear orange saris with white borders or plain white robes with orange shawls, and several wear rudraksha malas. In the foreground a smiling woman in an orange sari holds a pole, while at the right a woman in a white sari with gold border and a rudraksha mala walks beside a figure in white with a long dark braid and orange shawl. Behind them are a low red-roofed building, scrub trees and rocky hills under a cloudy sky.2006-08-17September 16 20062006-09-16