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A photograph of a hall with a golden throne at left holding a seated deity murti or portrait of a figure in orange robes and a turban, with a gold necklace. In the centre, a man performs a pole-climbing or pole-balancing acrobatic routine, inverted with legs raised above a wooden pole. Men in orange and red lungis or shorts and bare-chested stand around the blue mat, and devotees in orange robes sit on the floor behind a drum kit. Framed photo collages hang on the walls and a red digital clock reads 08:37.

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August 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26A gymnastics-style pole performance in an indoor hall with pink walls. A young woman in an orange cloth, with long dark braided hair, leaps and holds a vertical wooden pole, her leg extended, while a young man with bare chest and white dhoti-style lower garment stands beside her on a blue mat. Behind them, a bare-chested light-haired man in white shorts and white cloth stands near a wooden door. To the left, a gold ornate arched throne-like frame holds a large cutout photograph of a bearded man in orange with a saffron turban, rudraksha-style beads and raised hand, and seated children and young people in orange and red clothes sit along the floor. A digital clock on the wall reads 08:39 PM.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesA photo of a Kalaripayattu-style martial demonstration on a blue mat in an ashram hall. A shirtless man with long pale dreadlocks and white dhoti on the right grips an inverted acrobat in orange cloth who is hanging upside down from a wooden pole. A dark-skinned man in a white dhoti with gold border on the left steadies the acrobat. Behind them seated devotees in red and orange turbans and white clothes watch, with a drum and a large steel vessel visible. On the left a golden framed peetha throne holds a portrait of a bearded man in orange robes and rudraksha mala, with a tiger-skin cushion. Upper walls show framed group photos and a red digital clock reads 08:36 PM.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26A photograph of a gymnastic pole display inside an ashram hall. A woman in an orange cloth climbs a wooden pole, one leg lifted, gripping it with both hands, while a shirtless man in white dhoti with white markings on his arms steadies her from the side. A shirtless fair-haired man in a white dhoti stands watching on the right. On the left, a golden ornate framed portrait shows a bearded figure in orange robes and a turban with a garland, with a devotee in orange sitting before it and drummers in white and orange behind. A digital clock displays 08:39 and red and white posters line the wall above. A blue mat covers the floor.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copies