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August 17 2006

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Six women sit cross-legged in a row on mats in an outdoor courtyard of sandy earth, each seated within a circular ring of grey ash. They wear white garments with yellow shawls or orange-red stoles, and their eyes are closed in meditation. Behind them stand orange-painted stone platforms, one topped with a tall ornamental column, and a black stone Nandi bull draped with yellow and orange garlands. A dark stone figure stands at the left edge beside palm trees and a small shrine.

July 20 2010

Outdoor scene of people performing Pancha Tapas, sitting cross-legged in a row inside circular beds of ash and embers on sandy ground. Most are women in white dhotis or saris with orange shawls, and a few wear yellow or orange cloth. Coconut palms, a tall shrine pillar, white shrine platforms and a small notice board stand behind them. A man in white clothing walks on the right. Smoke rises from the fire rings in the hazy morning light.

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Outdoor photograph of a fire ritual on a dirt ground. Several people sit in rows on mats beside circular fire pits filled with white ash and charred embers, with smoke rising behind them. In the foreground a woman in a white dress with a yellow shawl and gold border sits with eyes closed and hands resting in her lap. Behind her, a woman in white with a yellow shawl sits in meditation, and further back more people in white and yellow sit by the pits. On the right, a man in an orange robe sits on a low platform holding a small plate, with a brass vessel beside him. A seated onlooker in a grey shirt sits in a doorway, and white plastic chairs and sacks stand near a tiled-roof building.

Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground beneath tall coconut palms. Many seated participants in orange and saffron garments sit in rows before circular fire pits of grey ash, with smoke rising from several. In the foreground right, a woman with glasses and dark hair, wearing an orange shawl over white clothes, sits with hands folded in meditation. A white dove walks on the sand at left. Behind the rows stand a tall copper-coloured pillar, a white platform with a small shrine and a dark stone deity murti, and a standing man in white at the back right. A small notice board stands at left.

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July 20 2010

A woman with light brown hair pulled back sits cross-legged on bare ground, eyes closed, hands resting in her lap in a mudra, in meditation. She wears a white embroidered tunic and white trousers, a black bead mala with a flat pendant, and a red bindi. A large banyan tree with thick aerial roots stands behind her. A partly visible person in orange robes stands further back at left, and another figure is faintly visible near the trunks.

July 23 2010

Two women sit in meditation on bare ground at an outdoor temple site, eyes closed, in front of black ring-shaped fire pits with ash. The foreground woman wears a white cloth with red-striped borders and an orange-red head covering, and has a forehead mark. Behind her a woman in a white blouse and white sari with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded in her lap. Behind them stand a black stone deity figure and a black cobra-hooded sculpture; palms and greenery fill the background, with an orange-red temple structure at right. Red signboards in front of the sculptures read that the deity is undergoing intensive energizing process for installation in a Vedic temple.

August 08 2010

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Outdoors at a temple grounds with palm trees behind, several women sit cross-legged in meditation on circular earthen platforms ringed with white ash. They wear white saris, some with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, and a few have red blouses and beaded necklaces. The front woman sits with hands folded and eyes closed. Behind them stand a grey stone statue of a standing deity and a carved stone serpent figure, plus white-painted shrine structures with a kalasha topped with yellow-and-orange garlands. The scene looks like a pancha tapas meditation practice.

Outdoor photo of a Pancha Tapas practice at an ashram grounds. Many devotees sit cross-legged in a wide open field of sandy earth, each inside a circular ring of white ash and dark burnt soil. Most wear white clothes with orange or saffron shawls and some with yellow shawls. A man in white with a shovel stands at the right edge. Behind them are white stone shrines or stupas, a tall spire, palm trees, a thatched hut and a small banner. The scene is bright and hazy.

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