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Outdoor temple courtyard with white stepped plinths and a dark stone Nandi-style bull statue garlanded with yellow and red marigold flowers. A person in an orange saffron cloth stands barefoot on a small wooden platform, holding out the cloth, while several men in white dhotis and yellow or orange shawls stand and kneel nearby around circular gravel rings. A gold kalasha pot sits on the ground in front. Palm trees and frangipani shrubs surround the courtyard.

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July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard. A central figure in an orange-saffron shawl and orange robes, with a rudraksha mala, stands at a ring-shaped fire pit lined with grey ash, gesturing with one hand while the orange cloth flares. Beside him on the left, a bald man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red-edged shawl holds a walking cane. On the right, a long-haired man in white kurta with a yellow shawl stands with hands clasped, and a seated man in white is visible further back. A brass oil lamp sits by the pit. Behind them is a white-painted plinth with a black Nandi bull statue garlanded with yellow and red flowers, and a black stone structure in the background among green plants.2010-07-09Outdoor ashram scene in a palm-lined courtyard. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in front of a small brass lamp on a circular ash-filled pit. Behind a white plinth stands a dark stone Nandi bull garlanded with orange and white flowers, shaded by an orange-fringed umbrella. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with red and orange trim stands at left holding a stick. A long-haired man in white kurta with a yellow shawl stands centre-right. Three to four seated devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit with palms joined at right, each before a small ash circle. Wet paved ground in the foreground.2010-07-09Outdoor ritual scene with palm trees behind. In the centre, a young man in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala and a red-orange tilak walks past a small fire pit with smoke and a clay pot and brass bowl on the ground. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and kurtas, some with yellow sashes and orange shawls, stand with palms pressed together in prayer or with hands folded. To the left, a black Nandi bull statue garlanded with white and red flowers sits on a white plinth. The ground is bare earth with scattered ash piles.2010-06-13Outdoor ritual scene at a white-painted shrine with a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with orange and red flowers and a yellow-and-red garland. In the foreground a young man in orange robes sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat, palms pressed together in prayer, with a brass kalasha vessel placed before him inside a circle of grey stones. Behind him, several men in white dhoti and white shirts sit in prayer on the sandy ground, some wearing yellow shawls, and one man in white wears an orange shawl and holds a long staff. Plants and a palm tree stand in the background.2010-07-04July 09 20102010-07-09Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard. A man in a saffron-orange robe and matching head wrap sits cross-legged at the centre of a circular fire pit of ash, hands folded, a small brass vessel placed before him. Around him, several people in white clothes sit in similar circular fire pits, some wearing yellow or red shawls and rudraksha malas. A standing man in white with a red shawl and a long-haired man in white with a yellow shawl stand to the left beside a black stone Nandi figure garlanded with orange and white flowers under an orange canopy. Palm trees and flowering shrubs frame the background.2010-07-09July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor photograph of a sannyasi seated cross-legged in a saffron-orange robe and matching head covering, with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in meditation, on a circular raised platform inside a ring of grey ash in a dirt courtyard. A brass kalasha sits before him. Behind him stands a white stepped pedestal topped by a black Nandi bull statue draped in red and yellow marigold garlands, with a black shivalinga on a stone base to the right. To the right, a second man in white dhoti and yellow-bordered shawl sits in meditation beside a small smoke rising from a fire-pit ring, and another seated man in white with a yellow shawl appears at the edge. Green trees and palms surround the courtyard.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard photo. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a matching head cover sits cross-legged on a raised square platform within a ring of ash-filled fire pit, with a brass oil lamp or kalasha-like vessel placed at the edge and smoke rising. Behind, a standing man wears a white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl and a long rudraksha-style necklace, arms folded. Several other people in white, yellow and orange garments sit on the ground nearby, and a man in white dhoti holds an orange-and-yellow umbrella at the right. Behind them are black stone deity murtis including a multi-armed figure and a standing figure, and a black Nandi bull with a garland of red and yellow flowers on a white pedestal. The scene suggests a homa or fire ritual.2010-07-09July 08 20102010-07-08July 20 20102010-07-20