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Outdoor photo of a monastic training session on a dirt ground with many circular mud-rimmed sand pits arranged across the yard. Several people sit cross-legged inside the circles, dressed in white and some in orange cloth. A bare-chested man in an orange wrap stands at left holding a long stick, and other men in white dhotis and kurtas stand or sit nearby. A red-roofed building with a green corrugated roof and a saffron flag stands in the background, with palm trees and stacked bricks around the yard.

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August 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.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor 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 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.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor 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 20062006-08-17Outdoors on bare reddish-brown earth, several people sit cross-legged inside circular rings of dried cow-dung cakes and wooden sticks, each ring lit with small flames at its edge. In the foreground a young woman in white clothing with a white shawl sits with palms joined, eyes lowered. Behind her, other participants in white and one figure in orange-saffron robes sit in similar fire rings, with a line of people seated in the background. The scene reads as a fire-ring ritual or meditation practice.2006-08-17A photograph of several men in white dhotis and shawls sitting cross-legged in a dusty open ground beside small fire pits with ash and smoke. In the foreground a bald man in a white shawl and white dhoti with red border meditates with eyes closed, hands in his lap, on a flat stone. Behind him a man with a white cloth tied over his eyes sits on a stone with hands folded, and a man in an orange cloth covering his head sits nearby. A woman in a white sari stands on the right beside a tree, and a few people in colourful clothes and a child stand near a table and a fan on the left, with a white boundary wall and palm trees behind. The scene suggests a fire-based sadhana or homa-style practice in an outdoor ashram setting.2007-02-02 +1 copiesAugust 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photo of a monastic training homa at an open dirt courtyard. Several seated practitioners in white ritual clothes sit beside circular fire pits ringed with dark cow-dung cakes and flaming wood; the fires burn low with smoke rising. In the foreground, a young man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees. Two women in white with orange shawls sit at the nearest fire rings. Behind, a bearded man in white stands near a stack of bricks, another seated figure wears an orange shawl, and a silver SUV is parked in the background. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2006-08-17