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A smouldering fire pit on bare sandy ground, surrounded by blackened ash, charred sticks and scattered dry twigs. Thick white smoke rises across the frame. In the centre lies a flat rectangular bundle wrapped in woven yellow-and-white matting, possibly an offering placed in the fire. No people are visible in the frame apart from a faint, partially visible figure in white at the upper left corner. The scene appears to be an outdoor homa or yagna site.

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Close-up photograph of a ground-level fire remnant on a sandy surface. Charred, blackened wood pieces sit in a patch of tan sand, with thin wisps of grey-blue smoke rising from them. Scattered black charcoal fragments and ash cover the surrounding ground. No people, figures or ritual objects are visible in the frame, only the smouldering fire debris.2010-08-04A photograph of a long rectangular fire pit dug into reddish-brown earth, filled with grey ash and glowing embers, with small flames flickering over partly burnt logs. Thin wooden sticks lie across the rim at the top and right. No people are visible; the pit appears prepared for a fire-walking ritual.2006-12-30A photograph of an empty outdoor ritual space with a ring of glowing embers and ash encircling a bare earthen floor. At the centre sits a low wooden platform covered with an orange-saffron cloth, and beside it stands a polished brass kalasha-style vessel with a spout and handle. No people are visible.2010-07-11February 13 20072007-02-13 +1 copiesJune 18 20132013-06-18A man in white dhoti and white shirt sits cross-legged on a raised mound of sand beside a circular fire pit of ash and charred logs, with glowing embers visible. He wears a white headband and a dark cloth over his mouth and nose, and holds a stick over the fire. Burnt wood lies scattered around the ring, and a black metal railing runs along the background on bare ground. No a person candidate is identifiable from appearance.2007-02-02 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a burnt log stub resting in grey ash and charcoal fragments on the ground, with light brown granular material scattered around it and thin wisps of smoke rising from the top. No people are visible; the scene looks like the remains of a fire pit after a ritual burning.2010-08-04Outdoor photograph of a fire ritual. Several circular fire pits glow orange with embers and rise with smoke. Men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with yellow shawls, stand and walk among the pits; one man in a checked shirt and dark trousers rakes embers with a long iron tool, and another in a white t-shirt sweeps with a broom. A metal pot sits in the lower left foreground. A white-walled building with a green roof stands at right.2010-07-08A photograph of a metal casting process with a large round mold or crucible set into reddish-brown earth. Smoke or steam rises from the hot surface, and a bamboo pole lies diagonally across the upper left. Cardboard or paper sheeting surrounds the pit and a corner of a shoe is visible at the lower left. No people are visible in the frame.2006-12-10Outdoors on bare reddish earth, several men in white dhotis and white shirts tend smoking fire pits. Smoke drifts across the scene and a large pile of glowing embers and ash sits in the foreground. A man in the centre bends forward with a long iron rod, raking or stoking a ring-shaped fire trench, while another man at left walks with a tool and a third stands at right. Dense green trees and a striped low fence stand behind them under a pale sky. The arrangement of circular burnt trenches suggests a homa or yagna fire ritual.2006-08-18June 13 20102010-06-13February 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copies