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Outdoor photograph of a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti performing a standing yoga pose with arms raised overhead and palms pressed together at chest, wearing a red and gold bordered shawl and a gold chain. Behind him a group of about a dozen people in white ritual clothes stand on grass with palms joined in namaste, several women in white saris with coloured borders among them. A striped pink, blue and green mat lies on the ground in front, with palm trees and a pale sky behind.

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October 01 20072007-10-01Outdoors on a striped cotton mat, a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red and gold-bordered shawl performs a forward-bending yoga posture with palms pressed together in namaste, one leg raised behind him. A gold chain hangs at his neck. Around him, a loose semicircle of about a dozen white-clad men and women stands on dry ground with trees behind, clapping or holding hands in prayer; some women wear white saris with gold borders. The scene reads as a yoga demonstration at an outdoor youth gathering.2007-10-01Outdoor scene on dry ground beside a curved green corrugated-metal roof. A young man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red-and-gold bordered shawl stands on a striped pink, blue and green mat, bending forward into a yoga balance with one leg raised high behind him and palms pressed together at chest level, a vertical red tilak on his forehead. Around him a group of about a dozen young men and boys in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands joined in namaste, watching. One man on the right in an orange robe with a shaved head stands among them. Trees and open sky fill the background.2007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01Outdoor photograph of a young man in white kurta and white dhoti with a red-and-gold bordered cloth tied at his waist, bending forward deeply with palms on a striped pink, blue, green and yellow mat, performing a prostration or stretch before a line of people. Behind him a group of about twenty devotees in white clothes stand on dirt ground with palm trees and trees in the background, many with hands pressed together in namaskar or clapping, some wearing rudraksha malas.2007-10-01A young man in white shirt and dhoti performs a standing yoga posture on a striped rainbow mat, hands held in anjali mudra at his chest, with a red and gold silk shawl draped over his dhoti. Behind him a crowd of people in white ritual clothes stands on dirt ground with palms pressed together in namaste, some wearing white shawls, one man in an orange shawl near the right. A green curved tent-like structure stands at left under an overcast sky with trees beyond.October 01 20072007-10-01A photograph of a man performing a balancing yoga pose on a striped pink, blue and cream mat outdoors. He is bare-chested under a white shirt with his hands planted on the mat and one leg raised high overhead, wearing red and gold patterned lower garments. Around him, a crowd of about twenty men and women in white dhotis and white kurtas with red borders stands clapping and watching. Among them, a bald man in an orange saffron shawl over white clothes stands near the right, and a green tent canopy is visible at the upper left. The setting is a grassy outdoor field in the evening.2007-10-01A young man in a white kurta and red-and-gold sashes performs a forward-bending yoga posture on a striped multicoloured mat, his hands planted on the mat and his feet raised overhead with his toes visible. Around him a large group of people in white ritual clothes stand in an outdoor setting under a grey sky, several with palms pressed together in namaskar. Among them a bald man in an orange shawl and white dhoti stands with hands folded, and a green-roofed structure is visible at left.A young man with a shaved head and a tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on a striped multicoloured mat, eyes closed, palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a white kurta and white dhoti. Behind him stands a large group of people in white, many with palms joined and some clapping, outdoors on dry ground with a green-striped tent edge at the left. A bald man in white with an orange shawl stands near the back right, a rudraksha-free, plain setting with a gathering watching the meditation or prayer.2007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01A young man in white clothes performs a forward-bending yoga posture on a striped pink, blue and green mat, hands pressed together in namaste at the front while his legs rise overhead behind him. Behind him, a large group of about twenty white-clad students stands and claps, women in white saris on the left and young men in white kurtas on the right. A bald man in an orange shawl and white dhoti stands among them, also clapping, with gold bracelets visible. A green-striped tent edge is at the top left under an open sky, with grass and dirt ground.2007-10-01