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Four people perform a yoga stretch on mats on a tiled hall floor, bending forward with palms and bare feet planted. On the left, a woman in a white kurta with a red shawl and an ID badge on a lanyard stands at the front of the frame, next to a pair of black dumbbells. Behind her, a woman in a patterned dark top bends forward on a blue mat. Further back, a woman in a white and pale green outfit does the same on a pink mat, and on the right a man in a bright blue t-shirt and patterned trousers bends over a pink mat. The mats are pink and blue, and the floor is pale and glossy.

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August 21 20112011-08-21August 21 20112011-08-21A large indoor hall with cream walls and red curtains shows a yoga morning session. Many participants in white and cream clothing, some with yellow or orange sashes, perform forward-bending poses on coloured mats, with dumbbells placed beside them. Several people wear orange or saffron garments, and one figure in an orange robe stands with a leg raised high. Two framed portraits hang on the back wall, and a stack of rolled mats sits in the centre. Water bottles rest on the floor.2011-08-01A group yoga session in an indoor hall with a red patterned carpet. About eight to ten participants bend forward in downward-facing dog on coloured yoga mats in blue, pink, green, purple and yellow. Several wear black athletic clothes, one wears a green top and another a grey top. Yellow marigold garlands run along the floor between the mats, with small dumbbells and a water bottle nearby. Behind them white-covered chairs and cushions line the room. No swami or other clearly identifiable leader is visible in the frame.2014-01-08August 21 20112011-08-21August 27 20112011-08-27January 08 20142014-01-08A group of women practise a standing exercise routine in a bright studio with glossy floors and pastel walls. They wear orange or red sashes at the waist over white, grey and green clothing, and most stand on coloured exercise mats in pink, blue and orange. Small hand weights sit on the floor in front. A deity statue with a red cloth stands in a niche at upper left, and a shelf with a green item is visible at right.2012-04-29A photograph of a yoga session in a hall with red mats laid in rows on a light tiled floor. Several men in casual and white kurta-style clothing are in a bent-over or plank-like pose on the mats, with hands and feet down. The foreground man wears a white t-shirt and black trousers and has a rudraksha-style mala and a wrist bead bracelet; the man beside him wears a grey shirt and dark trousers with a yellow badge. Orange and yellow mats sit near the participants. No identifiable ceremonial figure is clearly visible.2015-08-22A group of people lie on their backs on yoga mats in a bright indoor hall, legs raised straight up in the air, arms extended alongside the body. In the foreground a man in a white long-sleeved shirt and khaki trousers, on a green mat, lifts his legs high with his hands reaching toward his feet. Other participants in dark tracksuit trousers and grey or white tops perform the same pose on purple and orange mats beside metal dumbbells. Chairs are stacked against the back wall and a whiteboard hangs above. The glossy floor reflects the poses.2012-10-22A group yoga class in a large hall with glossy floor and yoga mats. Practitioners stand in a warrior-style pose with arms raised overhead toward the ceiling. The people wear white kurtas and pants, a yellow tunic with pink leggings, and a blue t-shirt with black pants. Chairs, a few water bottles and mats sit along the left side, with framed pictures on the walls behind. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible among the practitioners.2011-07-30March 27 20132013-03-27