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Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and a tall wooden kalasha-like pillar. A seated figure in an orange robe sits centrally on a white platform near a black stone deity murti garlanded with red flowers. Several devotees in white and yellow-shawled clothing sit cross-legged on mats and small square platforms in front of white shrines, while men in white and orange shirts sit on mats in the foreground facing the same direction. Stone sculptures and a signboard with a map stand nearby, and pigeons walk on the paving.

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July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor ritual gathering in a courtyard beneath tall coconut palms, with a tall copper-colored ceremonial pillar and white stone shrine structures behind. In the foreground, many seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats facing the open ground. On the sandy courtyard, a row of seated participants in white with yellow shawls sit on circular stone-bordered mats around the pillar area, and a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged at the front. A small group in orange and red sits near the left side. A signboard map stands at the left edge. Several people in white, some in turbans, watch the ritual from the audience area.2010-06-27July 06 20102010-07-06July 08 20102010-07-08July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJune 27 20102010-06-27August 01 20102010-08-01Outdoor photo of a seated group practising meditation in an open courtyard of sandy earth under tall coconut palms. Dozens of people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in rows on mats and in circular marked patches of ground. In the foreground, several seated people in white shirts and trousers face the group, one wearing a grey shirt. Behind them stands a tall pillar with a carved top and a white plinth, beside a dark seated figure draped with a yellow and orange garland. Green vegetation and a white wall form the background.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a group of men seated in meditation in a palm-fringed courtyard. A central seated figure wears a saffron-orange robe and sits on a circular stone platform before a white stepped pedestal holding a dark shivalinga draped with red and white flower garlands, with a tall copper-toned kalasha-like column rising behind it. Around them, a dozen or so other men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit on circular raised platforms on sandy ground, several in red or orange shawls. A brass vessel sits in front of the central figure, and a small white kolam-like design is drawn on the ground. Stone deity sculptures and a stone pillar stand at left, with palm trees throughout.2010-06-27An outdoor courtyard at a temple-style compound with palm trees and a tall copper-coloured pillar. Around a central white platform with a dark stone deity murti garlanded in marigolds, about twenty people sit cross-legged on circular raised rings of sand. Most wear white clothes with yellow shawls or scarves, and one person in the front-centre wears an orange robe and sits with hands together. Dark stone statues stand along the back wall, and a few onlookers in white sit at the bottom edge of the frame.2010-07-04Outdoor photo of a group meditation in a paved courtyard surrounded by coconut palms. A tall copper-coloured pillar stands on a white square base at centre. In the foreground a seated figure in orange robes sits cross-legged before a small shrine-like stone platform, with a red pyramid-shaped cover. Around them, about twenty devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditation within circular stone rings on the ground. Dark stone sculptures stand along the left edge, and a white building appears at right.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a group seated in meditation on bare earth beneath tall palm trees. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged on a circular raked patch, with a small brass kalasha or pot placed in front. Around him, about a dozen men in white dhotis and white kurtas wear yellow shawls, and some wear red shawls, seated on similar circles. Behind them stands a white tiered platform holding a black stone deity murti or linga decorated with a red and white garland, topped by a tall copper-coloured pillar. Stone sculptures and a dark stone pedestal stand among the palms.2010-06-27