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A photograph of a courtyard outside a white building with a dark doorway and red and white plastic chairs. A brass lamp stand and offerings of fruit and flowers sit on a table draped in a colourful patterned cloth at right. A young man in white dhoti and shirt wears a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulders and stands in front, while an older man in a light shirt with a pendant raises one hand. Several devotees stand behind, some with hands folded in namaskar, including women in saris and a man in white dhoti. A date stamp reads 23 10 2006.

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October 23 20062006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23A photograph of a courtyard gathering at an ashram-style building with a balcony, decorated with a green banana-leaf garland. In the foreground, a barefoot man in white dhoti and shirt, with grey hair, holds a lit lamp or arati plate toward a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. Nearby, a man in an orange shawl with a mala stands beside a man in white holding a mala. Behind them, a large crowd of women in saris, mostly in green, orange and red, and men in white clothes press together, some with palms pressed in namaste. An older man on the right raises his hands in greeting. A tiled walkway with pink and cream tiles leads through the scene, and a small sign hangs on the building wall. A timestamp reads 25 10 2006.2006-10-25October 23 20062006-10-23October 09 20062006-10-09October 23 20062006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23Outdoor photograph of a crowd gathered around a ceremonial aarti during a procession. A figure in an orange shawl holds a brass lamp with a bright flame, while a man beside a tall wooden pole supports a red, green and gold canopy fringed with colourful tassels. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a man in white holds a silver tray. Women in saris and children watch from behind, beside a tiled-roof building with a red curtain. A date stamp reads 15.10.2006.2006-10-15A crowded outdoor scene at a building entrance decorated with banana leaves. A priest in white dhoti with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulder holds a flame or lamp at the centre, while devotees gather around him with hands folded and palms pressed together. Women wear sarees in purple, green, red and orange; men wear white shirts and dhotis. A small white sign on the right with a teal emblem and Tamil text reads 'Dhyanapeedam' and a line about meditation and meditation-instruction centre. Smoke rises from a window on the left, and a date stamp in the lower right reads 25 10 2006.2006-10-25October 23 20062006-10-23Outdoor photo of a crowd of devotees gathered under a tree beside a white van, many with palms pressed together in namaste. Women in saris dominate: a woman in magenta with a bare head and glasses holds a small silver plate at right, a woman in a yellow-gold sari with glasses stands center, and a woman in red and a woman in orange stand nearby. A man in white shirt and dhoti, seen from behind, extends his arms toward the group in a blessing or distribution gesture, while a man in a white shirt at left holds a camera and presses his hands together. A dated stamp in the corner reads 23-10-2006.2006-10-23Outdoor street scene in an Indian town on a sunny day, with parked white vans, cars and passing traffic beyond a low wall and tree. A crowd of devotees, mostly in white and saffron, stands along the roadside. A white-clad elderly man in the foreground holds a sheet of paper and leans toward a white plastic chair in the centre. Women wear saffron, orange, green and purple saris, and a man in the lower right wears an orange shawl and a white kurta with sacred ash on his forehead. Bamboo poles lean at the left edge.2006-10-23