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Outdoor photo of a firewalking ceremony on bare red earth. A long pit of glowing embers and grey ash runs diagonally across the foreground. A boy in white kurta and pants with a rudraksha-style bead mala walks through it barefoot, head bowed. Behind him, a line of men in white dhotis and kurtas, several with orange or saffron shawls over their shoulders, stands watching. Women in red, orange and pink saris and a child in a red shirt stand among the crowd, a blue tarp on the ground to the right and a silver SUV parked behind. A white structure with a dark sculpted figure stands at the upper left.

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February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor firewalk ceremony on bare earth beside a long trench of glowing embers and ash. Three figures walk barefoot across the coals while holding hands: a man in white dhoti and shirt with orange shawl on the left, a small boy in a cream shirt and dark shorts in the center, and a man in white kurta and dhoti on the right. Behind them a crowd of devotees stands watching, including men in white ritual clothes, women in orange, yellow and red saris, and children. A dark statue with a garland and a golden ornamental pillar appear at upper left. Several men wear orange shawls and rudraksha-style necklaces.2007-02-14Outdoor fire-walking scene at an ashram. A young boy in a white t-shirt and cream shorts walks barefoot across a long pit of glowing embers and ash, an adult man in white kurta and dhoti reaching to steady his hand. Crowded onlookers stand along the trench in white kurtas, dhotis and white saris, with a woman in a bright orange blouse on the left, many clasping hands in prayer. A red-roofed building and palm trees are visible behind the crowd. Several men wear rudraksha malas. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-07-12Outdoor photograph of a firewalking ritual (thimithi) at a dirt ground. In the foreground a young man in a maroon-red robe with bare chest and shaved head is mid-stride, stepping across a shallow pit of glowing-black ash and embers. Beside the pit stand two men in white dhoti-style clothes with orange shawls, one watching the walker closely. Behind them a crowd of around twelve white-clad devotees, several with orange shawls, watches. Brass and steel pots sit on the left, and a white structure with a dark sculpted element stands in the background.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14A photograph of a fire walking ritual on a dirt ground. A young woman in white clothes with a white shawl, a rudraksha mala around her neck and white forehead markings walks barefoot across a shallow pit of glowing grey embers and ash. Bystanders in white clothes and white dhotis line both sides of the pit, some with rudraksha malas, and a drummer in orange-saffron garments with a drum stands at the back. Wooden poles and a row of white dots mark the path.2005-12-31Outdoor fire-walking scene on bare dirt. In the foreground a bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a white kurta and white loose pants, stands barefoot at the edge of a dark pit of burnt embers, his body turned as he steps forward. Behind him a man in white with a saffron-orange shawl draped over his shoulder stands near the pit. A large crowd of around forty devotees in white and cream clothes, many wearing rudraksha-style neck malas, stands along the edge and on a blue tarp on the right; some are women in white saris and children. A bare-armed attendant at left reaches toward the pit. Vehicles are visible in the background. a person's presence is not established by appearance, so the central firewalker is described only by role.2007-02-14December 31 20052005-12-31July 12 20062006-07-12July 12 20062006-07-12