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Outdoor photograph at an ashram grounds with palm trees behind a white shrine plinth. A black stone Shiva lingam or deity murti stands on the plinth draped with a marigold garland with red and yellow flowers. In the middle ground a man sits cross-legged in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha beads and a tilak on his forehead, hands joined in front of him. Behind him several people in white and yellow garments sit in meditation or at rest. In the foreground several pigeons, grey, white and dark-winged, peck at the pale stone paving.

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August 08 20102010-08-08August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard with a white stepped plinth bearing a black stone Nandi or deity murti wearing a red and yellow marigold garland. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe sits cross-legged with hands folded, his long hair swept back; the appearance is consistent with a person candidate, though not certain. Beside and behind him, several devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditation. White and grey pigeons feed on the paved floor in the foreground. Palm trees and flowering shrubs surround the courtyard.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and a white stepped plinth topped by a dark stone Nandi-like bull figure with a red and yellow garland. A man in orange robes sits cross-legged at the front on an orange cloth mat, with a small brass lamp beside him, while about a dozen people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in rows behind him on sandy ground. Several pigeons, one white, walk across the pale concrete in the foreground. Small white shrine structures and stone figures line the background.2010-07-08Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with a white plinth and a dark stone Nandi bull wearing a marigold garland, with a tall stone dvarapalaka statue at left and a black shivalinga on a stand at right. A young man with long hair wears an orange saffron robe and a rudraksha mala and sits in front of the plinth. Behind him, two people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit in meditation, and a seated figure in white with a yellow shawl is at right. Three pigeons, one grey, one dark grey and one white, walk on the pale stone floor in the foreground. Palm trees and sunlight fill the background.2010-07-15Outdoor photograph of a white-paved temple courtyard with a black stone Shiva-like deity murti in the background, adorned with a red, yellow and green flower garland. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange garment and stands with eyes lowered; the figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity. Behind him to the right, two men in white ritual clothing sit, one wearing a yellow shawl around his neck. White and grey pigeons fill the foreground, blurred in motion. Palm trees and flowering plants surround the courtyard.2010-07-08Outdoor 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 palm trees and a white-walled compound. Several pigeons, mostly grey with a few white ones, walk across a pale concrete floor in the foreground. Behind them, a group of people sit on a sandy ground area in front of stone deity murti and a stone bull statue draped with orange and yellow garlands. A seated figure in an orange robe and orange-beaded mala sits on a mat, with a man in white clothes and a yellow shawl seated to the right. Other people in white and yellow garments sit nearby. A tall stone pillar stands at the right, and a map board is visible at the left.2010-07-15