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Outdoors in a dirt yard beside a ring of white ash and burnt wood, a man in an orange sleeveless robe and an orange-red sitting cloth sits cross-legged on a wooden plank, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and long hair tied back. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle rests before him. Behind him, several men in white dhoti-style clothes with yellow shawls sit or stand near a smoking fire area, and another man in an orange-brown robe sits to the side. Palm trees, a white wall, a thatched fence and a red-orange building with green shrubs and a row of small statues frame the scene. The apparent homa or fire ritual is in progress and the seated figure appears to be in meditation.

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September 17 20102010-09-17October 07 20102010-10-07 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20102010-09-17July 20 20102010-07-20September 17 20102010-09-17A photograph of an outdoor Panchatapas-style practice ground with circular ash rings on bare earth. In the centre, a seated sadhaka in saffron-orange robes with a head covering and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with hands folded in meditation, a brass pot with a spout placed on a low wooden board beside him. Behind and to the right, other practitioners in white dhoti and white shirts with yellow shawls sit in meditation within their own ash circles, one with hands in mudra. Several people in white dhotis walk through the background. Dry ground and scattered ash dominate the scene.2010-07-03 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20102010-09-16 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at an open ground beside palm trees and a red-orange building. A man in orange robes with a long dark rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a mat in meditation, hands resting in his lap, eyes lowered. A brass kalasha-style pot sits before him on a blue-edged mat, inside a ring of ash on the ground. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and orange or yellow shawls sit in meditation on mats within similar ash circles. A standing man in white with an orange shawl stands at left beside an orange-red stone pedestal with flower garlands. Stone murti statues sit near a blue tarpaulin at right. The setting suggests a homa or yagna site.2010-08-26Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard. In the foreground a man with short dark hair sits cross-legged on a woven mat and orange cushion within a circular raised earthen pit lined with grey ash, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala. A small brass kalasha-style pot sits at the edge of the mat. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and white shawls, and one in orange, sit in meditation at similar ash-lined fire pits. Stacked firewood and a bamboo fence stand in the background, with a row of white statues on the right and a red-orange shrine structure at the left edge. The scene resembles a homa or yagna with fire pits. a person with saffron robe, rudraksha mala and seated central role. Around ten people are visible.2010-09-16A man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform in an outdoor sandy ground, eyes closed, hands resting in a meditation mudra in his lap. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a red bindi on his forehead and a dark braided hair pulled back. Beside him is a small golden kalasha-style vessel, and the ground around him is scattered with white ash in a circle. Behind him a white stone platform is draped with cloth. Two more people in white clothes with rudraksha malas sit meditating in the background near similar ash circles. Swamiji (probable): the seated central figure shows long hair, saffron robes, and a rudraksha mala, matching the page's Swamiji reference. Pancha Tapas meditation setting with homa-style ash circles.2010-07-10September 12 20102010-09-12July 20 20102010-07-20