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Two people in white ritual clothing crouch on bare ground beside circular ash-filled fire pits with blackened edges. The man on the left has a shaved head, white kurta and dhoti, a rudraksha mala, and a small wristwatch, and he sweeps ash into a channel with his hand while holding a small bowl. The woman on the right wears a white top and white trousers with a dark bag, and she tends the ash with her fingers. The scene suggests a homa or yagna site, with fire pits and ash after the fire.

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A woman in white clothing crouches low on bare ground at an outdoor fire-pit area, reaching down with her right hand toward grey ash and charred remains. She has long braids pulled up, wears white top and trousers, a black bag with white lettering slung over one shoulder, and a beaded necklace. Behind her are red and grey stone pillars and a stone platform, with other people in white and dark clothing standing at the edge of the frame. The ground shows scattered ash rings.2010-09-03February 13 20072007-02-13 +1 copiesOutdoor homa rite on bare red earth at an ashram site. Several small circular fire pits are ringed with dried cow-dung cakes or logs, with flames rising from some. A young woman in white sits cross-legged in the foreground beside a shallow clay dish of offerings, her hair in a long braid. Behind her a man in white robes bends over a fire pit, and further back other people in white sit at more pits, some wearing orange sashes. A man in white with a pendant necklace sits at the right edge. Blue tarpaulin and trees appear in the background.2006-08-17Outdoors on bare reddish earth, a young man in white kurta and dhoti sits cross-legged in meditation with hands folded in his lap, inside a ring of partly burned wooden logs whose ends glow with small flames. A clay bowl holding ash or powder sits on a mat before him. Another man in white sits at the left edge of the frame beside a second ring of burning wood. Scattered grass and a broken brick wall appear behind. The setting suggests a fire ritual or homa during ashram brahmacharya training, with no visible a person figure.2006-08-17Four people sit cross-legged on bare sandy ground around blackened, ash-covered fire pits with charred logs, during what appears to be a fire ritual or penance. The woman in front wears white garments with gold borders, a dark bead mala with a small pendant, and sits with eyes closed and hands folded. Behind her, a bald man in white with a white cloth wrapped across his face sits with hands folded over a red-edged white dhoti. Two more seated people in white, one with a white cloth tied over the eyes and one with a blue cloth over the head, complete the group. Scattered terracotta pots and burnt wood lie on the ground.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a firewalking preparation at an open dirt ground. A pile of dark ash and charred embers lies in the foreground beside a metal shovel and scattered stones. Devotees in white ritual clothing stand around the pit. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends over the embers while a woman in a white sari with green-and-gold border and a rudraksha mala stands at right, bending toward the coals. Behind them, several people in white, some wearing orange shawls and beaded necklaces, stand and watch. A blue bucket, a pink basin and a brass pot sit at left, and a white pipe lies on the ground. A white stone structure is visible in the background.2007-02-14February 13 20072007-02-13 +1 copiesOutdoors on bare reddish-brown earth, two men in white ritual clothes and orange shawls sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark dung cakes and burning wood. The foreground man, seated with hands in lap, has a clay bowl of ash or offering beside him, while a second man sits in a smaller ring behind him. Small flames rise along the rings. There are no clearly visible distinctive a person cues such as long hair, crown, saffron robes or malas, so the identity cannot be confirmed.2006-08-17A photograph of brahmachari trainees seated in meditation on bare reddish earth at an outdoor training site. Concentric rings of burnt, smouldering wood and ash surround each seated person. In the foreground a young woman in white clothes sits cross-legged with hands folded in her lap and eyes closed. Behind her, several other trainees in white garments sit within similar fire rings, with smoke drifting over the scene.2006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17