A photograph of Pancha-tapas, a group of sadhaks seated in white clothes with yellow shawls around their shoulders, each sitting beside a circular fire pit of ash and embers in an open dirt courtyard. Smoke rises from several fires. In front of a red-orange hall, a figure stands among the seated group. Behind the courtyard stand a red building and a tree, with a small white structure at left. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of Pancha-tapas, a group of sadhaks seated in white clothes with yellow shawls around their shoulders, each sitting beside a circular fire pit of ash and embers in an open dirt courtyard. Smoke rises from several fires. In front of a red-orange hall, a figure stands among the seated group. Behind the courtyard stand a red building and a tree, with a small white structure at left.

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