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Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard with a smoking fire pit in the foreground. A figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a raised platform at the centre, with a brass vessel before them and a trident standing behind. Flanking the central figure, people in white garments with yellow borders sit around the ash-filled fire rings. Behind them, a seated audience in white and pastel shirts watches from a low concrete platform beside a small whitewashed building with red doors and a loudspeaker on a pole. Rows of clay pots line the building wall.

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July 11 20102010-07-11July 23 20102010-07-23Outdoor photo of a homa ritual in an ashram courtyard. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with red or yellow shawls sit on the sandy ground beside circular fire pits with ash and smoke rising. In the foreground a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an orange cushion beside a brass kalasha-style vessel, while another man in orange sits nearby. Behind them, stone deity murti figures stand along a low white building with a tin roof, green shrubs and a bamboo fence. About eleven people are visible.2010-08-08Outdoor homa ritual on bare earth at an ashram compound. Many people sit cross-legged in white clothes inside circular rings of dung cakes and sticks, each with a small flame burning at its centre. In the foreground a woman in white with a red bindi sits in front of a small clay bowl. Behind her, several people wear saffron-orange shawls; one man in an orange robe with long hair walks past a row of seated participants carrying a staff. A red building, a stack of bricks, a tripod and a parked silver car are visible in the background.2006-08-17Outdoor fire ritual on bare dirt ground at an ashram. Many seated participants in white clothes sit in separate circular rings of stones or clay, each with a small flame burning at its edge, indicating a homa-style fire practice. A standing figure on the right wears a long orange-saffron robe with bare arms and short grey hair, and another person in white bends forward in the background. A red-walled building with a tin roof, stacked bricks, a parasol and a parked car sit behind the group, with laundry hung on a line at left. Several participants appear to be meditating with eyes closed. A tripod-mounted camera stands at the left edge.2006-08-17Outdoors on bare earth, a row of seated participants performs a fire ritual beside a temple wall. Small shallow fire pits filled with grey ash sit in front of each person. On the far right, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and sits on a wooden platform beside a brass kalasha-style vessel, leading the seated group. The other men wear white dhotis and shirts with yellow shawls, and the women in front wear white saris with yellow shawls, seated and facing the fire pits. Behind them stand stone deity murtis, a green shrub, a motorcycle, and sacks, with a garlanded deity statue at the left edge. The scene suggests a homa or yagna being performed.2010-07-04July 23 20102010-07-23August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photograph on bare reddish earth at a monastic training site. In the foreground a young woman in white clothes and an orange shawl sits cross-legged on a small mat inside a ring of blackened ash, eyes closed in meditation. Behind her, several other people sit in similar charred rings in orange and white robes. At left, a seated figure in orange sits on a raised white-covered platform beside a row of people in white. Trees and palms frame the background under an overcast sky, with a small pink building at left.2006-08-18Outdoor photo of a seated ritual gathering in a dirt courtyard beside white-walled buildings with red doors and a tiled roof, with palm trees behind. A fire pit smokes at the left. A man in an orange robe sits cross-legged at the front, with a row of men in white clothes and yellow shawls seated beside him. On the right, rows of women and girls sit on a low concrete bench and the ground, wearing white, orange, yellow, pink and teal saris and salwars, with long braided hair. A water bottle sits on the bench. Several small figures wearing white and pink are in the foreground.2010-07-04Outdoor ashram scene on bare red earth where many people sit in small circular fire pits edged with stones or logs, several with small flames burning. A figure in white ritual clothes sits cross-legged in a ring near the centre-right and an attendant in white stands at the right edge. A standing figure in a loose orange wrap and orange cloth at the centre-left is barefoot, and a second figure in white and orange stands in the middle distance. Several people in white or orange garments sit in the rings. A red-roofed building with a green roof and a small flag stand behind, with stacked firewood nearby.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17