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Outdoor photo of a large Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba pole yoga) session on a stone-paved courtyard. Many participants perform on wooden vertical poles set in rows, each standing on a blue or pink mat. In the foreground a shirtless man in white shorts holds a pole while a bearded man in black shorts kneels on a mat and steadies it; another man in dark shorts crouches beside them. Several participants wear orange and red shorts. Nearby stands a black speaker tower on a metal truss, a red brick building and trees behind, and a small tent with yellow fabric. No a person candidate is visible in this crowd.

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October 03 20172017-10-03Overhead view of a stone-paved courtyard where many participants practise Shivasthamba Yoga, also called mallakhamba, on tall vertical wooden poles. Several performers climb or hang from the poles while others stand on padded mats in dark sports clothes and shorts. In the lower foreground, two men in orange-red cloth and one bare-chested man grip a pole, with a woman in orange nearby. A metal lighting truss, speaker cabinets and road cases stand at right, and cables run across the paving. Many people appear, roughly 20 to 30 counted across the scene.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a mallakhamba (pole yoga) session on a paved courtyard at an ashram. Many wooden poles stand upright over blue and pink mats, with performers gripping and balancing on them, some inverted with legs raised. Men and boys in white, black and red shorts and bare torsos are on the mats and around the poles, while a few people in orange and white clothing watch nearby. A tall tree, a red building, a stage with speaker stacks, a yellow canopy and a small temple structure with a flag form the background. No person is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.2017-10-03A wide outdoor view of a large paved courtyard where many people practise Shivasthamba Yoga, also called mallakhamba, on tall vertical wooden poles. Participants in red, orange and blue shorts, and some in black or white clothing, climb, hang and balance on the poles, with blue and grey mats laid out beneath them. Several people in white and black stand around the edges, and a red boundary wall, a metal scaffold tower and a yellow and purple banner sit behind the courtyard. No identifiable a person is clearly visible in this scene.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a large mallakhamba (pole yoga) demonstration on a paved courtyard. Many participants perform on tall wooden poles set on blue mats, several shirtless and wearing orange or dark shorts, some in white dhoti-style cloths. Others in orange robes stand and watch nearby. Several figures climb or balance on the poles while others wait on mats.2017-10-03 +1 copiesAerial view of an outdoor paved courtyard where several people practise Shivasthamba Yoga (mallakhamba pole yoga) on vertical wooden poles set on mats. One man in a white dhoti and grey trousers, wearing an orange turban, stands at left holding a paper and watching; another figure in a white dhoti and white shirt stands near a pole. Shirtless men in shorts and white loincloths climb and balance on the poles, and a woman in black athletic wear grips another pole. At right a man in black shirt and shorts stands on a mat by a pole, and a person in black clothing hangs from a pole beside a black speaker stack and a raised black platform with a red chair.2017-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20172017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copies