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A man with short dark hair sits cross-legged with eyes closed on grass beside several small outdoor fires. He wears a white kurta and white dhoti with a gold border, and a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders. His hands rest together in his lap, and a silver bracelet is visible on one wrist. Flames rise from the ground in front of him. a person is not visibly identifiable here; the page indicates no a person presence at this event.

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A photograph of a man seated cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation beside an open fire pit on bare ground and grass. He wears a white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders, hands resting in his lap, with a bangle on one wrist. Flames and smoke rise from burning sticks around him, with a whitewashed wall and a white bucket in the background.2010-07-15A man with short dark hair sits cross-legged with eyes closed in a fire pit ringed by burning logs on bare, sandy ground. He wears a white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders. Smoke rises around him, and a yellow bucket, a shovel and a small tree sit at the edge of the grass near a white wall. The scene appears to be a fire ritual or sacred fire meditation outdoors, with a palm frond lying across the ash.2010-07-15A man sits cross-legged in the centre of a ring of burning logs laid on bare ground, a Pancha Tapas style fire penance. He wears a white kurta and dhoti with gold border and a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders, hands folded in his lap with eyes closed. Smoke drifts up around him and dry grass and bare earth surround the fire ring, with a tree in the background.2010-07-15A photograph of Pancha Tapas, a fire penance performed outdoors in a garden at dusk. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl sits cross-legged at the centre of a circular ash bed, surrounded by small burning fires of sticks and logs placed around the rim. Smoke rises through the scene. Behind him, a second man in white with a yellow shawl sits at the left edge, partly visible. Green grass, bare earth, palm plants and a garden pot frame the setting.2010-07-15A photograph of outdoor Pancha Tapas practice at a garden site. Two men sit cross-legged in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, inside circular fire pits. Small flames and smoke rise from sticks laid in a ring around each seated man, with ash-darkened ground and green grass and shrubs behind. The man in front sits with hands folded in his lap, eyes closed and facing away from the camera. Nearby stands a dark stone basin on a pedestal and a white pillar. No a person is visible in the scene.2010-07-15July 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of a man sitting cross-legged in meditation on a mat over ash-blackened ground, with eyes closed and hands resting on his knees. He wears a white kurta, white dhoti with a red border, and a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders. Scattered burnt wood and debris lie around him, with charred ash patches on the ground. Behind him stands a grey stone statue of a seated deity murti beside a woven bamboo wall.2010-09-03July 20 20102010-07-20July 19 20102010-07-19A man with a shaved head sits cross-legged in meditation on a woven mat on bare, pitted ground with scattered charcoal and grey ash. He wears white kurta and dhoti, a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders and crossed at the chest, a dark bead mala with a small red pendant, a gold bangle and a dark wristband. His eyes are closed and his hands rest open on his knees, palms up in a meditative pose. The setting appears to be an outdoor fire-pit area with ash. A small purple logo appears at the top left corner.2010-09-03Outdoor photo of several devotees meditating seated on the ground amid blackened fire pits and ash on bare earth. In the foreground a man in white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala sits eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. Behind him a shaven-headed man in a yellow shirt and white dhoti with a mala sits cross-legged, and at right another man in white with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded. A barefoot figure in white walks at upper left, and a woodpile is visible in the background.2010-07-22July 07 20102010-07-07