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Outdoors 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.

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A photograph of a monastic trainee sitting cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded in meditation inside a ring of burning logs on bare reddish earth at an outdoor training site. The central figure wears a loose white kurta and white trousers with a rudraksha mala and a pendant. Behind, two more participants sit in similar fire rings, one in white with an orange shawl, and a figure in white stands at the edge tending the fire. A small offering dish sits beside the central figure. A dark speaker stands in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoors on bare reddish earth, people sit cross-legged inside circular fire pits outlined with dung cakes and sticks, each ring lit by small flames. In the foreground a young woman in white clothes with a white shawl sits with eyes closed and hands joined, while behind her a woman in white sits in a similar ring. Several other seated people in white clothing appear in the background rings and a man in white walks past at upper right. A purple cushion sits under the foreground woman.2006-08-17Outdoor ritual on bare reddish earth at a training convention. Several circular fire rings made of dung cakes and wooden sticks burn with open flames around their edges. A woman in white draped clothing sits cross-legged with palms pressed together inside the foreground ring, with a small brass vessel beside her. Behind her, other seated participants in white and one person in an orange-brown wrap stand or sit among more fire rings, with a smoky haze in the background. A man in white with a white cloth over his shoulder kneels at the far right. Canopies and a speaker sit in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo of people seated in meditation within circular fire rings on bare sandy ground. In the foreground a young woman in white clothes with a white shawl sits cross-legged with hands folded and eyes closed, inside a ring of burning logs with flames along its edge. Behind her, several other seated participants in white are inside similar fire rings, with smoke rising in the hazy air.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor 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.2006-08-17Outdoors on bare sandy ground at dawn or dusk, several people sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark logs, with small flames burning along the rims. In the foreground a young man in white shirt and white dhoti, with a beaded mala around his neck, sits eyes closed in meditation at the centre of a ring. Behind him, others in white clothes and orange-saffron shawls sit at similar fire rings, and more people in white move between the rings. Low smoke drifts over the scene; a tiled-roof building and a stone wall stand in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground at a monastic training gathering. Several white-clad men sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark dung cakes, with small flames and smoke rising from the edges. The central figure in the foreground wears a white kurta and dhoti with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed, with a clay bowl of offering beside him. Other seated men in white, some with orange-red shawls, are visible in the background fire rings. A pale wall lies behind. No identifiable a person figure is visible; the men appear to be trainee brahmacharis performing a fire ritual.2006-08-17