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Outdoor 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.

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Outdoor 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.2006-08-17Outdoor ritual at a red-roofed building on bare earth. Many participants sit in lotus or cross-legged postures inside circular rings of stones and wood, each ring holding a small flame or oil lamp. Most wear white robes and rudraksha malas; several wear saffron-orange cloth. A standing person in a long saffron-orange robe with long, loose hair walks among the rings on the right, and a person in white stands by a white-draped table in the background. A clay bowl sits in the foreground, and laundry hangs on a line at the top left.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photograph of a ritual at an ashram courtyard with a red-brick building under a green metal roof and palm trees behind. Many participants sit cross-legged inside circular rings of stones or logs on bare ground, most wearing white and some in saffron/orange robes. A standing person in a long orange robe holds a stick and tends the circles, and small oil lamps flame at the edges of several rings. A seated figure in white at the centre-front has a bowl before them. Near the centre, a man with white hair and a white robe sits in a circle, and a saffron-clad figure stands nearby. A saffron and white flag and a small canopy stand in the background, and a parked silver SUV is visible on the right. Approximately 25 people are visible.2006-08-17Outdoor 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 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor training scene on bare earth at an ashram ground. Many participants sit cross-legged in white clothes inside circular rings of stones or wood with small lit oil lamps at the edges, some with orange shawls. A standing figure in a long orange robe, with long dark hair and bare feet, holds a stick over a seated student in white and orange at the front, while a few people in white and orange sit in the background near a brick stack and a parked car. The scene reads as a ritual or training exercise in fire-ring style circles.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17