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Outdoor ritual yagna scene at an ashram courtyard with several circular fire pits ringed with dark stone, sending up smoke. Many devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged around the pits, some wearing yellow shawls. A woman with long dark hair in an orange sari walks across the foreground, and a man in a light grey shirt carries a long-handled tool near the fires. In the lower right, a bald man in white with an orange shawl sits on a mat beside other seated white-clad devotees. Palm trees, a small white building with a corrugated roof, and stone figures at the right edge complete the setting.

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July 11 20102010-07-11August 01 20072007-08-01August 01 20072007-08-01August 01 20072007-08-01August 01 20072007-08-01July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor photograph of a group performing a seated ritual on bare sandy ground at an ashram. In the foreground, a figure in orange robes with rudraksha mala beads sits cross-legged on a raised stone platform inside a ring of ash, with a brass vessel placed before him. Behind him, about five men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in a row on the ground, also within ash rings. Behind them stand a white building with red doors and windows, stone statues in rows and a bicycle. Orange cloth hangs in the doorway on the right and sacks lie near the wall.2010-07-10July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesAugust 01 20072007-08-01Outdoor photo of a courtyard meditation at an ashram under palm trees. A central figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a mat in front of a red stepped pedestal topped by a tall orange pillar garlanded with flowers, with a black stone deity murti seated on the pedestal. Around him, about a dozen seated devotees in white dhotis and yellow, orange and white garments sit in meditation on individual circular mats. Behind them stand dark stone sculptures of deities and figures on red-tagged bases, with palm and tropical foliage beyond. In the foreground a white stone platform holds a small stepped pyramid-shaped object with a kalasha-like finial. The central figure is an appearance-based candidate, with orange robes and a crowned-looking hairstyle, but the face and presentation are not distinct enough to confirm identity, so this is marked unsure.2010-09-20A photograph of an outdoor courtyard with a red-orange stepped shrine platform and a tall orange-and-gold pillar at its centre. A seated figure in orange robes with an orange shawl sits cross-legged in front of the shrine on a raised mat with a small brass lamp, and a dark stone deity murti in front of the shrine is garlanded with yellow-orange flowers. Around the courtyard, about a dozen people sit in meditation on mats in white and yellow-white clothes, some wearing orange shawls. Dark stone statues stand on the left among palm trees and greenery, and a white stone platform with a pyramid-shaped canopy lies in the foreground.2010-09-20Outdoor ritual gathering on a sandy ground beneath tall palm trees, with a tall ornate wooden pillar or flagstaff rising in the background and a small white shrine structure at its base. In the foreground, a raised white platform with a dark cloth-covered altar, marigold garlands and brass plates of offerings sits on a striped red-and-white border. Around it, a group of women and young people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged, while a larger group of devotees in white clothing sits on mats to the right. Smoke rises from the central area. A small white toilet block with a green roof stands at right.2008-10-08