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Outdoor photograph of a smoky fire-ritual site with scattered burnt wood and embers on bare sandy ground, backed by palm trees and a white stepped structure. A barefoot figure with long dark hair and bare back, wearing an orange wrap, stands at centre facing away. Several people in white clothes and orange shawls sit or kneel on mats around the fire area, while a figure in white stands near the steps at left. The scene appears to be a homa or fire-based ritual during a training convention. A young person in an orange shawl sits at lower right.

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August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a monastic training convention at an open sandy ground with palm trees and smoke rising. Behind him a woman in a white sari with an orange sash stands near a small brick-and-red-cloth offering. Around the ground, many people in white clothes and orange sashes sit cross-legged beside rectangular fire pits with blackened ash, some with sashes draped over the shoulders. Several men in white sit or stand at the left edge near steps.2006-08-18Outdoor scene at a sandy ground beside a wall with striped band, with a smoky fire pit on the left where small flames burn among ash and logs. Roughly a dozen men in white dhotis and white kurtas stand in a loose group, one holding a video camera on his shoulder, others with hands folded. On the right, several men in orange-saffron robes sit on a low stone platform beside a white-draped table, a microphone and water bottle on it, and a leafy young tree stands between. A man in white stands at the far left near the smoke. Foreground shows a man with curly hair in white from behind.2006-08-18Outdoors on dry, cracked earth, many people in white ritual clothes sit beside scorched, smoking fire pits arranged across an open field. Several seated participants wear white dhotis, white shirts and white head cloths; one sits in a white sari with a yellow border. A standing figure in the centre wears an orange-saffron cloth wrapped at the waist and is bare-chested with long dark hair, walking between the pits. A few more people in white stand or walk in the background near a row of trees and a partly built structure under a pale sky.2007-02-02 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor fire-ritual ground with dusty earth and smoke rising from scorched circular fire pits. Several seated participants in white clothing with saffron-orange shawls sit around the pits, some with long braids, while others in white stand near a striped red-and-white shrine structure and steps under palm trees. In the foreground a figure with curly dark hair and a bare back sits facing away from the camera, wearing an orange cloth. A woman with a long braid sits near a red bag. No one is clearly identifiable as a specific individual from appearance, and the scene shows a homa-style fire ritual setting with participants in ritual dress.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor fire ritual on sandy ground under trees, with a long low row of burning logs and smoke rising across the frame. A man in white dhoti and shirt pours liquid from a red bucket onto the fire, while a man in an orange shawl with long dark hair stands beside a rake or tool, and another man in white with an orange shawl and dhoti stands at right. Several people in white clothing stand in a row at left near a metal-roofed structure. The scene suggests a homa or yagna fire ceremony, with a palm and tree line behind.2006-08-20August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photograph of devotees seated on bare sandy ground at a fire ritual. About seven people are visible, mostly in white ritual clothes with red-bordered dhotis and some wearing saffron/orange shawls over white. A man in the foreground in a white dhoti with red border sits before a fire ring, and palms and trees form the background.2006-08-18