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A pigeon walks across a pale concrete platform in the foreground, its shadow cast forward in low golden sunlight. Behind it, a figure in a flowing orange robe stands beside a white stepped pedestal with a tall dark ornamental pillar or lamp stand, backlit against bright sky and tall palm trees. Smoke or incense haze drifts near a second, smaller figure at left, and a white raised platform edge sits at the left edge. The scene feels like an early-morning or evening outdoor ashram courtyard with a palm grove. Only the orange-robed figure is clearly a person; the other forms are too silhouetted to count.

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August 08 20102010-08-08A sunlit outdoor temple scene with palm trees behind a white stone shrine platform holding a dark deity murti draped in red and yellow marigold garlands. In the foreground a pigeon walks across a pale stone courtyard. On the left a person in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala kneels with bowed head near the shrine, and on the right a second person in white with an orange shawl sits at the edge of the frame. Stone statues stand at the left edge. Sunlight glares through the palms.2010-08-10 +1 copiesA grey pigeon stands on a pale concrete courtyard in the foreground, with cracks in the floor and small footprint marks nearby. In the background, a shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala sits beside a red-orange pedestal bearing a black stone linga garlanded with flowers. Two tall decorative cloth streamers in red, blue and yellow hang from a pole, with palm trees, a small white building and a fence behind.2010-11-16 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20112011-02-23 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesA grey pigeon walks across a pale concrete courtyard toward the camera. Behind it, a man in an orange robe stands near an orange-and-white tiered stone platform topped with a dark stone Nandi-like figure draped in yellow and black garland. Tall palm trees, hanging red-and-white decorative bunting, and small shrines sit in the background. A dark blurred figure occupies the right foreground edge.2010-11-16July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor temple courtyard with a tall palm-lined setting and a white stepped plinth holding a dark stone Nandi-like bull statue garlanded with a red and yellow flower garland. A man in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged in the centre, facing the plinth. Several other people in white and yellow clothing and orange shawls sit in meditative or devotional posture behind and to the sides. White and grey pigeons crowd the paved foreground. A stone sculpture stands at the left edge and a tall pillar rises behind the plinth.2010-07-08Outdoor photograph of a seated man in a saffron-orange robe with a red bindi, hands folded in his lap and eyes closed, in meditation on a white platform before a white stepped pedestal topped by a dark deity murti draped with a red, yellow and green garland. Behind him, men in white dhoti-style clothes and yellow shawls sit in meditation. In the foreground, a blurred grey pigeon walks across the pale stone floor. Palm trees and flowering plants frame the scene.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08A photograph of a pigeon walking on a pale concrete courtyard in the foreground, blurred in motion. Behind it, a black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a white stepped plinth, garlanded with a red, yellow and green flower garland. A man in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged at the centre with hands resting in his lap, a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair. To his right, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit in meditation or prayer, with palm trees and frangipani shrubs behind them.2010-07-08A photograph of an outdoor ashram courtyard with palm trees behind. In the foreground a flock of pigeons, mostly white and grey, pecks at the pale concrete ground. Behind them a seated person in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits in meditation before a black stone Nandi bull draped with yellow and red marigold garlands, beside a white plinth and a lamp stand. Several more people in white and yellow clothes sit in a row further back near a fire pit with ash.2010-08-10 +1 copies