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Outdoor scene on sandy ground beside a silver SUV, with a circular ash-filled fire pit and white chalk kolam designs drawn on the sand. A woman in a white top and striped trousers bends low and reaches toward the ash ring, while a smaller child with long light hair leans in beside her. A man in a light blue t-shirt and white trousers, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded mala, stands behind them holding a small yellow object. At right, a woman in white with her hair pulled back crouches near the pit, and a man in a brown shirt and grey trousers walks barefoot past. Several other figures in white ritual clothing move in the background. The setting suggests a homa or fire ceremony with offerings.

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Outdoor ashram scene with a group of devotees dressed in white, several barefoot, gathered around a large circular pit of grey ash with pebbles at the rim, where a woman in white kneels and touches the ash while another figure in white bends forward beside her. A woman in white with long dreadlocks stands to the left holding a patterned tote bag, and a woman in a blue shawl stands at right beside dark stone deity sculptures and an orange-red pillar. Behind them, a banner with a yellow and red border is visible and other people in white stand in the background. The scene suggests a homa fire pit area with offerings, though no fire is visible.2010-09-03Outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground and tall coconut palms under an overcast sky. Two women in white clothes bend low over a circular concrete pit with a white-stone rim, one with long braids and a black patterned handbag. Nearby, a white-clad figure in an ornate blue shawl stands beside a large black Nandi bull statue wearing a marigold garland, which sits on an orange pedestal. A bald man in a blue shirt and another person in white watch from behind, and a white-dressed child stands further back. Behind them a painted signboard and an orange-walled shrine structure appear. Several more people in casual clothes walk around, and a silver SUV is parked near thatched roofs.2010-09-03A 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.2010-09-03Outdoor firewalk ceremony at an ashram site with a dirt ground. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt walks barefoot across a pit of dark glowing embers, and a woman in white robes with a rudraksha-style necklace and hair in a bun steps beside him. A crowd in white ritual clothes stands behind, including a few people in saffron/orange shawls, and children and women in saris watch from the right. A small white shrine with a brass finial stands at left, with clay pots and buckets nearby. Scattered wood and straw lie on the ground. The scene shows a firewalk (Thimithi-style tapas) ritual.2007-02-14A photograph of a firewalking ritual at an outdoor dirt ground at dusk. A woman in a white sari with a dark pendant necklace and bangles steps along a narrow trench of glowing embers and ash, her hand extended for balance. Beside her, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands barefoot near the trench. Another man in white dhoti wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace, and several other men in white dhotis, some with orange shawls, watch from behind. A boy in a striped shirt stands at right, and a blue tarpaulin, a parked silver SUV and a golden spire are visible in the background. The scene reads as a firewalk (tapas) ceremony.2007-02-14A photograph of a fire-walking ritual outdoors on packed earth. A woman with shoulder-length red-orange hair, dressed in an all-white outfit with a white jacket and white trousers and a lanyard with an event badge, walks barefoot across a shallow pit of glowing-dark charcoal embers. Along the pit edges are white-painted dots. Behind a wooden rail, a crowd of men and some women stand watching, many in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and one man in a checked shirt with an orange-striped cloth. A red-roofed building stands in the background. Several devotees on the left wear white ritual clothing, and a bare-chested man with an orange cloth stands at the right edge. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this frame.2005-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31July 22 20102010-07-22A photograph of an outdoor construction site with bare reddish-brown earth, palm trees and a blue hatchback parked at left. Several people in white and cream clothing move about, including a woman in a white sari at left, a woman in a grey sweater and white garment with a white sash in the centre, and a woman in a beige sari with orange border in the foreground right. Some hold metal plates or bowls, and a few men in white shirts and white dhotis stand among them. A yellow excavator and white plastic chairs are visible in the background, with hazy sunlight.2006-12-22Outdoor photo of four people seated in meditation or ritual posture on a dusty ground around circular ash-filled fire pits with a rising smoke haze. On the left, a long-haired person in orange saffron robes and a red-orange shawl sits on a wooden seat facing away, eyes lifted. Behind, two people in white clothes and red-orange shawls sit at their pits. On the lower right, a person in white dhoti and a yellow shawl sits cross-legged beside a brass plate. A white stone shrine with garlands stands at the right edge, and a silver SUV and a small truck are parked in the background behind a palm tree and a signboard.2010-07-11Outdoor photo of several men and a girl gathered around a circular stone-edged fire pit on bare earth, with white rangoli designs and red dot motifs around its rim and a woven mat laid beside it. A man in a white shirt and light trousers bends forward with his hand near the ash in the pit, while another in a white shirt and blue jeans leans over. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala stands with hands folded, and a man in a white shirt and jeans has his hand raised at his head. Behind them, a girl in white with a shawl stands near a red-and-white pillar, and a man in white dhoti stands at the left edge beside a red-roofed building. The scene suggests a fire ritual with offerings, though no clear homa is visible.2010-12-22Outdoor photograph of a funeral-rite scene on open grass. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a red border pours liquid from a brass vessel onto a bed of grey-black ash and charred embers, bordered by a few loose bricks on red earth. A man in white dhoti and white shirt stands barefoot beside her, watching. Behind them, a man in a cream shirt and white dhoti stands, and a man in a pink shirt and grey trousers and a man in green shirt look on. A silver SUV and a motorcycle are parked on the grass. At right, a man in white sits on the ground near a stack of paper and small clay pots. The scene reads as a cremation or final rite site.2005-11-14