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Outdoor photograph in warm backlit sunset light on a white paved courtyard in front of a temple-like area with palm trees. In the foreground a grey pigeon walks across the pale stone floor. On the right, a standing figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with a bare head stands beside a white plinth draped with a yellow and red flower garland. Behind them stand dark stone statues of deities, including a figure holding a staff and a serpent-hooded sculpture. On the left, a woman in orange clothing sits near a smoking incense or fire vessel. The scene is quiet and hazy with sunlight flaring across the frame.

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August 08 20102010-08-08August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a temple courtyard with a dark stone Shiva linga-like deity murti on a white pedestal, draped with a marigold garland, beside a tall copper-coloured pillar and a dark stone standing figure. Palm trees and smoke drift in the hazy light. In the foreground on a pale stone floor, several white and grey pigeons peck. Behind them, a man in an orange robe sits with a rudraksha-style necklace, and a few men in white clothes with yellow shawls kneel or stand nearby.2010-07-15Outdoor temple courtyard with white stone platform in front. A seated man in orange saffron robe with rudraksha mala and red-and-white tilak sits in meditation, eyes closed, with hands not visible. Grey and white pigeons gather on the white platform in the foreground. Behind him stands a large stone Nandi bull draped with a garland of red and yellow flowers and white beads, beside a dark stone deity figure with a staff and a carved stone cobra. Palm trees and white shrines frame the scene. To the right, a man in white dhoti with yellow shawl sits in meditation. Other figures are partly visible at the edges.2010-07-15Outdoor temple scene with a seated man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a tilak on his forehead, eyes closed as if meditating, sitting on a white platform. Behind him stands a large dark stone Nandi bull with flower garlands of red, orange and white around its neck, beside a dark stone deity figure and a white stone shrine structure. A white dove and several grey pigeons perch on the platform edge in the foreground. To the right, a man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl sits with eyes lowered. On the left, a woman in a white and red sari stands near a stone sculpture. Palm trees and a hazy sky fill the background.2010-07-15Outdoor photo in a courtyard with grey stone deity murti and carved figures on pedestals behind. In the foreground, three pigeons and a white pigeon peck at grain scattered on pale concrete. On a low wooden seat at right sits a young man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in meditation, beside a small brass vessel on a round stone platform. Behind him, several people in white and cream clothing sit in meditation on gravel-bordered mats, one wearing an orange shawl. A large white-painted Nandi with a flower garland appears at the upper right. Palm trees and a red-framed sign stand in the background.2010-07-15August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a temple courtyard. In the foreground, a man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and red forehead mark sits in meditation with long dark hair swept back, surrounded by white pigeons pecking the pale stone floor. Behind him, a woman in white sits in meditation on the left and another person in white sits beside her. Behind them stand dark stone deity statues: a figure holding a trident-like staff, a seated black stone Nandi bull draped with red and white flower garlands and beads, and a multi-tiered ornate stone spire. Palm trees and greenery fill the background.2010-07-15A photograph of a shaved-headed? no: a man with long dark hair sits with eyes closed in meditation, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him stands a grey stone statue of a deity and a black stone Nandi bull draped with a yellow and red marigold garland and white flower strands. Two grey pigeons and one white dove peck at the white stone ledge in the foreground. Palm trees and a white stone structure frame the background in soft morning light.2010-07-15A grey pigeon stands on a white-and-red painted concrete platform in an outdoor temple courtyard lined with palm trees. Behind it, a man in an orange robe sits near an orange pillar wrapped with a yellow and white garland and a dark stone figure. Rows of small dark stone statues stand along the left, and colourful striped banners hang from a pole on the right.2010-11-16