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A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a long gold-beaded necklace sits on a wooden platform with hands folded in meditation. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Behind him, a woman in white with a yellow shawl sits in meditation, and another woman in an orange shawl sits at left. Red signs in the background read about deity installation, and stone deity sculptures stand on a sandy ritual ground with small fire pits.

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October 07 20102010-10-07October 07 20102010-10-07A man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged in meditation on a striped woven mat set on a circular concrete platform surrounded by grey ash. He wears a long rudraksha mala, has a red tilak on his forehead and eyes closed. Beside him stands a brass kalasha-style vessel. Behind him is a large orange stepped stone pedestal topped by a dark deity murti decorated with flower garlands. In the background, several people in white and yellow clothing sit on mats on the ground in meditation, with red signs in front reading about a sampling process.2010-09-08A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged with eyes closed on a low wooden platform draped in orange cloth, in meditation. He wears an orange sleeveless wrap and a long black rudraksha mala. Smoke or haze surrounds the scene on a dusty ground. Behind him, two women in white and cream clothes with orange shawls also sit in meditation, and dark stone statues of deities stand against a whitewashed wall. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits at left, with a rangoli design on the ground near the bottom edge.2010-07-07Outdoors on a dusty ground, three people sit in meditation on mats within circular fire pits edged with grey ash. In the foreground a man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and a long gold bead mala, with a red tilak on his forehead, eyes closed and hands resting on his knees. Behind him a woman in white with an orange shawl sits cross-legged, and another woman in white with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded. Red signboards with white lettering stand behind them, and stone elephant-like sculptures and tropical plants appear at the edges.2010-10-07A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on an orange cushion over a wooden board in an outdoor courtyard of sand and gravel, eyes closed, hands resting on his lap in meditation. Beside him a brass kalasha-style vessel sits on the ground. Behind him a woman in a cream sari with an orange shawl sits with hands folded, also meditating. Behind them stand black stone deity murtis and naga figures on red pedestals, with a man in white standing at left near a white car and a red brick wall in the background.A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala meditates with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap, a red bindi on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. He sits on a low orange-cushioned seat outdoors on bare ground. Behind him, a white stone pedestal is draped with red, white and yellow flower garlands. Two women in white saris sit in the background, one at left and one behind, with ash or burnt material on the ground nearby.2010-07-15Outdoor photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on a low wooden platform with an orange cushion, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap, in meditation. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a red tilak on his forehead and has long dark hair. A small brass kalasha-style vessel sits to his left on the ground. Behind him, a woman in white and another woman in a yellow shawl sit on the ash-covered ground near small fire pits of grey ash, with a white stone structure and a flower garland at the right edge.2010-07-07August 05 20102010-08-05September 17 20102010-09-17October 07 20102010-10-07A man seated cross-legged on an orange cushion in front of an orange-painted pillar, with palms pressed together in prayer and eyes closed. He wears an orange saffron sleeveless robe, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and a red tilak on his forehead. Two women in white and orange-shawled saffron sit in the background, one with hands folded and one with hands clasped, near a small brass kalasha vessel and scattered grey stones on the ground. Several potted plants border the scene and stone deity sculptures appear in the back. a person is in the foreground in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, seated in prayer. The two women are devotees in white and saffron.2010-09-17