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Outdoors in a paved courtyard before red multi-storey ashram buildings, a practitioner performs mallakhamba pole yoga on a vertical wooden pole, one leg wrapped around it and body extended, bare-chested with orange shorts. Blue crash mats lie at the pole base. Other men in orange and black shorts stand and sit around nearby poles and mats, and onlookers watch from a balcony above. A tree shades the courtyard and a white-draped table sits to the side.

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Outdoor courtyard of a red-orange multi-storey building where practitioners perform Shivasthamba Yoga, also called mallakhamba, on tall wooden poles. In the centre, a shirtless man in red-orange shorts climbs a vertical wooden pole, one leg hooked high while his body stretches upward; blue crash mats lie at its base. Around him, shirtless men in orange and black shorts stand, squat and wait beside other poles and mats. A white-covered table and a few seated onlookers are visible at the right, with trees and a parked white car behind. No clear identifiable a person figure is visible in this image.2017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor courtyard demonstration of Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba pole yoga) with several practitioners performing postures on tall vertical wooden poles set on blue padded mats. Participants wear orange and saffron dhotis or shorts and are bare-chested; one man in the foreground on the left wears an orange dhoti and stands with a red thread around his wrist. Behind them stands a red brick building, a stone structure, a tree and a black water tank, with spectators in white and orange seated along the edges.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +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.2017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03Outdoor photo of a large mallakhamba (pole yoga) session on a paved courtyard. Many participants perform postures on tall wooden poles and on red and blue mats. Several people wear saffron-orange clothing, and others wear white shirts or black outfits. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti, with a white cord across his shoulder, holds a pole in the foreground while a shirtless young man in a white dhoti and a second shirtless man in the front watch and assist. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands at right, and a man in a saffron turban and saffron shawl stands at right edge. Red-roofed buildings, parked cars and trees form the background.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesWide outdoor courtyard of paved grey stone with many blue mats laid out in rows, where people practise mallakhamba, a pole yoga. In the foreground a shirtless young man with long dark hair and a white loincloth-style cloth grips a tall wooden pole while a man in an orange shirt and a man in a black shirt steady and support him. Behind them many other practitioners in orange and white are spread across the mats and pole stands, some hanging or climbing. Red multi-storey buildings, a tent canopy and a cameraman on a tripod line the courtyard under an overcast sky.2017-10-03