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Night outdoor scene at an ashram ground with reddish earth and blackened ring-shaped fire marks. Several people in white robes with red-trimmed shawls sit cross-legged in meditation on low wooden seats. The foreground young man in front has closed eyes and wears a rudraksha mala; beside him a young man sits with hands folded in his lap. Figures continue into the dark background, with a few small flames and two bright vertical lights at the top.

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Night photograph of white-clad practitioners sitting cross-legged in a dark open ground beside circular ash-rimmed fire pits with charred logs. In the foreground a man with short dark hair, white kurta and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and a bangle, sits with eyes closed and hands joined on his lap, seated on a sand mound inside a ring of ash. Behind him two more white-clad figures sit near a second fire pit, one in a white head covering, and a fourth sits in the far background under dim lights.2007-08-11July 20 20102010-07-20August 19 20062006-08-19June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesA seated man in white clothes and an orange shawl sits cross-legged with hands folded in his lap, eyes lowered, on sandy ground inside a circular ring of ash. A rudraksha mala is visible at his neck. Other seated people appear faintly at the edges of the dim, dusty scene, consistent with a monastic training gathering. Tied to a page for a monastic training convention at Aadi Kailasa, Bidadi, the figure's appearance is consistent with a candidate but not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2006-08-18A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised circular mound at the centre of a ring-shaped fire pit, with burning logs and ash around its edge. Long dark hair falls to the shoulders and a red tilak marks the forehead. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits beside him. Around the fire, several people in white clothing sit or stand, and smoke drifts across the open ground, with white structures in the background. Appearance-based label: a person, seated at the centre of the homa.2010-06-13July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor photograph of a group of men seated in meditation on sandy ground arranged with circular rings of grey ash. In the foreground a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged on a wooden board with hands folded, a brass vessel at his side. Around him, about seven men in white dhotis and white kurtas wear yellow shawls and sit in similar postures on small mats. Behind them, a man in white walks past, and thatched bamboo structures, a bicycle, and small stone figures stand near white-walled buildings with red window frames.2010-07-05 +1 copiesA night photograph of a fire ritual on bare sandy ground, with many participants seated cross-legged in white clothes around small fire pits. In the foreground a seated man in white with a white headband faces away from the camera beside a small flame, and on the right another seated man in white with a red-orange thread and a white headband sits with hands together by a cleared ash circle and a long wooden stick. Further back, numerous other seated figures in white clothes and white head cloths sit around scattered fire pits, with smoke drifting through the dark air. The scene suggests a sacred fire practice with participants sitting in meditative stillness.2007-02-07August 17 20062006-08-17July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor fire ritual on bare sandy ground at an ashram. Several small circular fire pits are ringed with logs and dung cakes, with flames and smoke rising. A young man in white kurta and dhoti sits cross-legged in the foreground, eyes lowered, wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind him a woman in white with an orange shawl sits by a fire, and another woman in white sits near a small offering dish with flame. Further back, a woman in orange sits on a raised platform beside a white-robed attendant, and white-clad devotees stand and sit around the site, one holding a tray aloft. A white plastic chair and red mat sit at the left edge, with brick stacks behind. Five to six people are visible.2006-08-17