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A photograph of a fire-walking ritual at an outdoor ashram site. In the centre, a man in a white short-sleeved shirt, lavender trousers and a rudraksha mala walks barefoot across a long pit of glowing grey embers and ash, with a vertical white-painted tilak on his forehead. Around the pit, crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing lanyards, stand barefoot on dirt ground, several with rudraksha malas. A man at right, bare-chested with a white dhoti and a gold necklace, watches with a hand near his face. A wooden pole rests across the crowd behind them, and a green-roofed orange building stands in the background. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance in this image, so the identity is left unsure.

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Outdoor photograph of a fire walking ritual. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala walks barefoot across a long pit of glowing embers and ash, with white dots marking the edges of the path. Along the pit's side stand a line of devotees in white and checked shirts, some wearing rudraksha malas and ID lanyards, watching with hands folded and a wooden rail between them. A shirtless man at right wears a red-striped dhoti and rudraksha mala with a gold chain, arms crossed. A red-roofed building and palm trees are behind. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2005-12-31A photograph of a fire-walking ritual at an outdoor ashram site. In the centre, a man in a plain white kurta and white dhoti, wearing glasses and a pendant on a cord, walks barefoot across a pit of glowing grey embers and ash. 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