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Outdoors among palm trees and drifting smoke, several people in white clothes and yellow shawls sit cross-legged on circular clay platforms, each ringed by a bed of ash and small fire pits with burning logs, a ritual fire practice. In the foreground a woman with hair tied back sits with hands folded. Behind them stand white stepped pedestals, a large copper kalasha-like finial, and a black nandi bull statue garlanded with red and white flowers. Several people are visible in the scene, all seated or sitting in the fire-ring formation.

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Outdoor scene of seven people seated cross-legged on sandy ground inside circular rings of dark stones, each person in white clothes with yellow shawls draped over shoulders, eyes closed in meditation. Smoke drifts through the air, and tall palm trees fill the background. A tall copper ritual pillar wrapped with white and red garlands stands at right beside white tiered platforms, one with red and orange floral offerings. A grey stone guardian statue with a staff stands at left. The people are seated at the stone rings, which suggests a homa or fire-based ritual setting, though the photo shows no fire itself.2010-07-27Outdoor scene at an ashram-style courtyard of stone sculptures and white shrines under palms. Several seated devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged on round raised platforms surrounded by dug-out rings, with small fires and smoke rising among them. Some wear yellow shawls and one wears an orange-red shawl. Stone murti statues stand at left and white shrine structures at right. Fire rings and smoke suggest a fire ritual, with no visible a person figure identifiable by appearance.2010-06-13July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21Outdoor photo of a yard with several women sitting cross-legged on small mats inside circular ash-rimmed fire pits on bare ground. Most wear white garments; one woman in the foreground wears a yellow shawl, another in the centre-right wears an orange and white sari with a shawl and a beaded necklace. Black stone deity sculptures and a white shrine structure stand behind them among palm trees, and a person in the far left background holds an umbrella. The setting suggests a homa or yagna with sitting postures, though no swami is identifiable in the scene.2010-07-22Outdoor 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 photo at dawn or dusk of a dirt courtyard set with many circular fire pits lined with dark ash and blue-grey ash rings, where devotees sit cross-legged in rows. Most sit in white clothes with orange or saffron shawls, and some wear yellow shawls. Smoke rises from a fire pit at right. Behind them stand a tall wooden pole wrapped in garlands, white stepped platforms, a dark stone deity murti or statue on a white base, and tall coconut palms against a pale sky. A green information board stands at left. The scene resembles a pancha tapas fire penance practice. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-08-10 +1 copiesJuly 28 20102010-07-28 +1 copiesJune 13 20102010-06-13Outdoor scene at an ashram-style site with palm trees and smoke rising in the background. Six men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on mats in a row, each within a circular ash-filled fire pit on bare reddish earth, eyes closed in meditation. The man in the foreground wears a yellow shawl and holds his hands together in his lap. Behind them stand white platforms and a tall copper-coloured kalasha-like finial, with a dark stone statue of a standing deity figure holding a staff on the left. Appears to be a homa or meditation practice performed by practitioners.2010-08-08August 02 20102010-08-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a group of people seated in meditation or ritual on sandy ground arranged with circular ash or powder rings. Several wear white dhotis with yellow shawls, and a woman at the front-left wears a white garment with an orange shawl. A woman seated at the right wears an orange robe and sits beside a small brass vessel. Behind them stands a large black Nandi bull statue draped with a marigold and red flower garland on a white pedestal, with white painted structures, palm trees and a bicycle in the background. Six to seven people are visible.2010-07-04