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A photograph of a group walking along a dirt track through a dry, rocky hillside with scrubby green bushes and a lone palm tree. In the foreground, several people in saffron-orange robes lead the way, followed by others in white and yellow garments. The figures appear to be ashram residents or devotees on a walk through the rural landscape, with a green hill in the distance under an overcast sky.

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August 05 20092009-08-05A photograph of a group of devotees walking single file along a dirt path through scrubby grassland at the foot of a wooded hill. Most wear white dhoti-style clothing with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and a few wear plain white garments. A tall palmyra palm stands to the right, with large grey boulders scattered along the path. Several walkers are near the front, and a lone man in white walks at the far right edge. The scene suggests a girivalam, a circumambulation of a sacred hill.2008-01-03August 05 20092009-08-05August 05 20092009-08-05August 05 20092009-08-05A barefoot procession walks along a dirt path through dry scrubland and green bushes on a hillside. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala walks forward, and a woman in orange draped cloth follows to the right. Behind them a long line of about a dozen people in white and orange clothes walks uphill, some carrying small items. Two spiky agave-like plants stand at the left edge of the path, with trees and rocks around. The scene looks like a girivalam circumambulation of a sacred hill.2008-01-03A group of people walks along a dirt path across a grassy, shrub-covered hillside below forested hills under a pale sky. In the foreground, a tall palmyra palm stands beside the path. Several men in saffron-orange robes walk at the front of the group, with others in white dhotis and shirts following behind and more figures continuing along the trail toward the right. Scattered boulders and dry bushes fill the landscape.2008-01-03August 05 20092009-08-05A photograph of a group of about twenty people walking single file along a narrow dirt path through dry scrubland and green bushes on a hillside. Most wear saffron-orange robes and some wear white garments. A few carry or wear rudraksha malas. Spiky agave-like plants stand at the left edge, and grey boulders line the path. The overcast light suggests early morning or evening.2008-01-03A photograph of a dirt footpath winding through dry scrub and bushes on a hillside, with a line of walkers in orange and white robes. In the foreground a man in an orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, walks ahead with his hands held together at his waist and wears brown sandals. Behind him several followers in orange and white clothing follow along the path, and a hill rises in the background under a pale sky. The scene suggests a girivalam, a walk around a sacred hill.2008-01-03A line of about a dozen devotees walks single file along a dry, reddish dirt path through scrubby green hillside vegetation during morning light. Most wear white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Several figures in saffron-orange robes walk among them, one at the front near the center and another at the right edge. A bare thorny tree leans on the right, and a forested hill rises in the hazy background. The scene looks like a girivalam, a circumambulation of a sacred hill.2008-01-03Outdoor photograph of a group walking single file along a grassy dirt path beside a forested hill. Many participants wear white dhotis or kurtas, several with orange-saffron shawls draped over the shoulders. A palm tree stands at right and scattered boulders and shrubs fill the field. A figure in white clothes walks near the center, and another in white with an orange shawl walks at right foreground. Some people carry small items in their hands.2008-01-03