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Outdoor fire-walking ritual at a temple-side festival ground. A man in plain white shirt and white dhoti, with a dark rudraksha-style mala around his neck and eyeglasses, walks barefoot across a shallow pit of glowing grey ash and embers while holding his trousers. A bare-armed helper in white on the left extends a hand toward him. Behind a rope barrier, a crowd of mostly white-clad devotees stands watching, including men with white shawls and red-bordered cloths, and drummers with large drums on the right. A green-roofed shelter and red flags appear in the background under a clear sky.

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July 12 20062006-07-12A barefoot man in a white dhoti and white shirt walks across a dark bed of glowing embers in a shallow trench during a fire-walking ritual. Behind a wooden rail, a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts stand and watch, some wearing rudraksha malas; one man at right in a red-bordered white garment holds a metal bucket. Dirt ground and dusty red soil surround the trench. The walker's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so no candidate is asserted.2005-12-31July 12 20062006-07-12Outdoor photo at a rural ashram setting with palm trees and a red-roofed building behind. A bare-footed man in a plain white kurta walks along a shallow trench of glowing dark embers while many men and some women in white kurtas, dhotis and mundus stand on both sides watching with hands folded in namaskar. Several participants wear rudraksha malas and lanyard-style name badges. A cluster of onlookers stands at the back, some with palms joined. The scene matches a fire-walking ritual at an ashram event.2006-07-12Outdoor photo of a fire-walking ritual at an open-air site beside a red-roofed building and palm trees. A barefoot man in white kurta and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala walks across a narrow pit of glowing-grey ash and embers while a crowd of men and women in white ritual clothes stand on both sides, hands folded or watching. A woman in an orange-yellow sari holds a young child. A flagpole with an orange flag stands nearby. Some men wear tilaka marks and bead garlands. The walker's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to establish a specific identity.2006-07-12A photograph of a fire-walking ritual at an outdoor ashram site. In the foreground a man in an all-white kurta with a dark bead mala and a small pendant walks across a shallow pit of glowing-grey embers and ash. Around the pit, men and women in white ritual clothing stand barefoot on the packed earth; several wear rudraksha malas and ID badges, and one man on the right holds a long wooden pole used to hold back the crowd. A man in the background wears an orange-red shawl and a white dhoti with a yellow border, and a drummer with a red drum stands behind him.2005-12-31A photograph of a fire walking ritual on a dirt path lined with a shallow pit of grey ash and embers. A man in a plain white kurta and white dhoti stands in mid-stride across the ash with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, barefoot. Along the pit's edges, rows of white dots mark the path. Men in white shirts and dhotis, several wearing rudraksha malas, stand behind a wooden rail with hands folded or raised, and a man in a light green shirt and white dhoti stands nearby. Behind them are a red-roofed building and a crowd.2005-12-31An elderly bare-footed man in a white shirt and white trousers walks across a shallow pit of glowing grey ash during a fire-walking ritual, his palms pressed together in prayer. Behind a wooden rail, devotees in white dhotis and shirts watch closely, and a woman in an orange sari with a wicker basket stands among them. A metal pot sits on the ground at the edge of the pit, and a man in white at left looks on.2005-12-31July 12 20062006-07-12A photograph of a fire walking ritual on a dirt ground. A woman in white clothes and red-rimmed glasses, with a rudraksha-style mala, walks barefoot across a shallow pit of glowing grey ash and embers while a man in white shirt and white dhoti steadies her hand. Devotees in white garments and rudraksha malas stand along the edges of the pit, with a drum and a decorated festival float visible at the right and a green-roofed building behind. No identifiable a person is visible in this image.2005-12-31July 12 20062006-07-12A man in a white shirt and khaki trousers walks barefoot across a sunken fire pit filled with grey ash, pressing his hands to his chest with rudraksha malas around his neck. Crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts stand along the pit edges, several wearing rudraksha malas, and drummers with large drums stand behind a wooden pole barrier. A tiled-roof building and palm trees sit in the background. The scene is an outdoor fire walking ritual.2005-12-31