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A photograph of a firewalk ceremony at an outdoor ashram site with dry ground. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and kurta stands at the edge of a dark, charred pit of embers, and a grey-haired woman in a white sari with a maroon blouse stands in the pit, hands in anjali mudra. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white clothing, some with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, stands with hands folded. A saffron-robed figure in maroon wraps and a brass kalasha or pot sit to the left. A blue tarp lies at the right edge.

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Outdoor photo of a firewalking ritual on bare earth at an ashram. A barefoot elderly woman in a white sari steps across a blackened, ash-covered fire pit while a man in white kurta and dhoti stands beside her, guiding her with an outstretched hand. Behind them a line of devotees in white, some wearing orange shawls and rudraksha-style necklaces, watches quietly. A white shrine with a copper kalasha and a black stone linga stands in the background, with brass pots, a blue bucket and a pink bucket on the ground at left and a hose across the foreground. Several people, roughly 15, are visible.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14An outdoor photograph of a fire-walking ritual at AdiKailaasa, Bidadi. An elderly woman in an orange shawl over a cream-and-green sari walks barefoot across a long trench of glowing grey embers, with thin smoke rising. Around the pit, participants in white clothes and rudraksha malas watch and support her; a man in a white dhoti and shirt extends his hand toward her, and a bucket sits at the pit's edge. Several women in orange and white saris stand at the left, and a green-roofed building is visible behind. No figure is identifiable as a person here.2006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12Outdoor fire-walking scene at a dirt ground. A woman in a white sari with orange border stands in a long trench of glowing grey embers, hands pressed together in namaste. Around the trench, many people in white ritual clothes, several with rudraksha malas, stand and watch with hands folded; some men wear white dhotis and one bare-chested figure is at right. A white-clad man holds a long wooden staff. Heaps of white containers sit at the upper right. a person is not visibly identifiable among the people present.2006-07-12Outdoor photo of a fire-walking pit at an open ground with a long trench of glowing-grey embers and ash. A woman with grey hair in a plain cream sari stands barefoot at the edge of the trench, palms pressed together in prayer. Around her, many men and some women in white dhotis, white kurtas and white clothing stand barefoot in a half-circle, several wearing rudraksha malas and name badges, hands folded or gesturing. No clearly visible candidate for a person is present in this scene.2006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12