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August 08 2010

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A woman sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed and palms resting open on her lap. She wears a white cotton sari with a gold-toned border and a yellow shawl draped over her shoulders, with a rudraksha mala around her neck and a red bindi on her forehead. Behind her, another woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl sits in similar meditation. The ground is bare earth with scattered grey ash.2010-08-10 +1 copiesA blonde woman in a cream sari with gold-and-mauve border sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed, hands resting in a mudra on her lap, wearing a dark wooden rudraksha mala. Behind her, a second seated person in white with a yellow scarf sits on ash-strewn ground near a bamboo fence, with a small building and green foliage in the background. The ground is covered with grey ash and charred debris.2010-08-10A photograph of a woman with hair pulled back, seated cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation inside a circular ring of blazing fire pits lined with stones on bare reddish earth. She wears a loose white top and white trousers and a long beaded mala necklace; a small clay bowl sits on a woven mat beside her. Another person in white sits at the upper right edge of the frame, partly visible. Smoke rises from the fire ring.2006-08-17A satsang gathering in a hall with a red wall and a carpeted floor. In the foreground, a woman in white sari with a brown rudraksha-style garland sits cross-legged, holding a small brass vessel and an offering; beside her is a brass plate with petals and a lit wick. Two other women in white saris with gold borders sit at left, one holding a small bell and an oil lamp; a woman in orange garments sits further left. Behind them, several women and girls in white and orange sit in rows, and at the top right an ornate golden throne-like seat stands near a stage with microphones. A small framed photograph and offering plates rest on an orange cloth. The people are seated in a devotional posture.2014-07-20A photograph of a woman sitting cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation on a bed of grey ash and charcoal in the open air. She wears a cream salwar-style outfit with a draped orange and cream shawl and a small red bindi. Behind her stand dark stone sculptures of deities and figures among tall palm trees under a bright, hazy sky, with a small sapling and a red-and-white structure at left. The ashy ground in the foreground suggests a fire pit after a ritual. No one else is clearly visible.2010-08-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a monastic trainee sitting cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded in meditation inside a ring of burning logs on bare reddish earth at an outdoor training site. The central figure wears a loose white kurta and white trousers with a rudraksha mala and a pendant. Behind, two more participants sit in similar fire rings, one in white with an orange shawl, and a figure in white stands at the edge tending the fire. A small offering dish sits beside the central figure. A dark speaker stands in the background.2006-08-17December 12 20162016-12-12Three women sit cross-legged on a bed of grey ash and charcoal outdoors at sunrise, palm trees and a tall decorated pole behind them. The central woman, eyes closed, wears a white garment with a yellow shawl, a dark bead mala and a red pendant, her hands in a meditation mudra. To the left, another woman in a white and yellow dress sits with eyes closed, and a third in yellow and white sits at the right edge. Wisps of smoke rise from the ash.2010-08-10 +1 copiesAugust 17 20062006-08-17September 03 20122012-09-03August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesA woman with a red bindi and a wooden rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a bed of grey ash, eyes closed and hands joined in her lap, meditating. She wears a white top and white skirt with a yellow shawl draped over her shoulders. Behind her, a second woman in white with a yellow shawl sits in similar stillness. Smoke drifts across the ash, and tall coconut palms and a bright dawn-like sky frame the scene. On the left, a person in white with a tool stands near the palms. The ground is dusty earth strewn with charred embers.2010-08-10 +1 copies