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A dawn outdoor ritual at a palm-lined ground with a tall wooden ritual pole topped by a metal finial set on a white stepped base. Smoke drifts across the scene. Several people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in a row around small circular fire pits, while a man in white and a young man in white sit on a mat in the foreground, one wearing a white cap. A black stone Shiva-lingam-like deity murti decorated with yellow and garlands sits on a white plinth at left, and a woman in red sits nearby. Coconut palms frame the background.

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Outdoor photo of a ritual ground with many people seated cross-legged in white clothes and yellow shawls, arranged in rings of stones on sandy earth. A tall lamp-post-like pillar rises from a white square platform among coconut palms, with smoke rising from the right and a dark deity murti visible on a plinth at the back. One person in an orange robe sits at left, seemingly apart from the white-clad group. The scene reads as a group sitting ceremony or sadhana, with the seated figures numbering many people.2010-06-28July 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene in a courtyard of palm trees under a pale dawn sky. A tall wooden flagstaff with a tapering top rises from a white stepped platform at centre. Around it, small circular fire pits are set in the ground, with smoke rising from several at right. Many people sit cross-legged on the earth in white clothes with yellow shawls, some wearing red scarves. Two seated figures near the foreground wear saffron-orange robes. Stone sculptures and a dark deity murti stand near the platform. A flat copper-topped pedestal sits in the foreground. This appears to be a homa or yagna gathering, though the exact rite is not clear.2010-08-09August 09 20102010-08-09July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor photograph of a ritual yajna at an open temple courtyard with a tall ornate brass-coloured pillar and white stepped platforms. Several devotees sit cross-legged around small circular fire pits, with smoke rising, wearing white clothes and yellow shawls. Near the centre, one person in an orange robe sits at the right, and a dark Shiva-lingam style black stone with garlands rests beside the white platform. Palm trees and a banyan-like tree frame the scene, with small huts in the background.2010-08-04Outdoor scene at dusk in a palm-lined courtyard where about a dozen people sit cross-legged in circles of glowing embers on bare ground. Most wear white clothing with yellow shawls or sashes, while one woman in the foreground wears an orange-red shawl. Behind them stand white raised platforms, a tall brass-coloured pillar, and dark stone sculptures. Several participants sit in meditation with eyes closed. A bald man in white sits on a white platform in the centre, with a larger white structure to the right. Palm trees and tropical foliage frame the background under a pale blue evening sky.2010-07-28 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a ritual courtyard with a tall wooden flagstaff beside a white plinth, with tall coconut palms behind and a white structure at right. Around a dozen men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in open-air circular fire pits, with small fires and smoke rising. A figure in orange robes sits at left near a white platform bearing a deity murti with a red and orange garland. Two figures in white stand near the murti on the left, and another white-clad figure stands at right. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present; the orange-robed figure is seated and not distinctively adorned.2010-07-02 +1 copiesAugust 09 20102010-08-09July 05 20102010-07-05 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a ritual ground beside a tall copper-coloured dhwajasthamba flagpole and white stone platforms with a Nandi bull statue. Around a dusty courtyard, about a dozen men sit cross-legged in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls, seated inside circular ash-grey fire rings, many with smoke rising. A man in orange robes sits at the left edge, and a standing figure in white moves near the centre. Coconut palms and a banyan-style tree frame the scene under an overcast sky, with a parked silver SUV and a signboard at left.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copies