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Outdoor photo of a firewalking tapas ritual at an open-air ashram ground. A long-haired figure with bare upper body and an orange cloth wrapped around the waist stands at the edge of a fire pit with glowing embers and ash. Two attendants in white dhotis and orange shawls stand to the right, one holding a brass kalasha-like vessel and a tray. A large printed portrait of a smiling figure in orange head wrap and orange robe is mounted on a white wall striped with red bands. Many seated devotees in white clothes sit on blue mats in the background, roughly thirty people visible. Dry straw and a small fire flame are visible at bottom left.

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February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor firewalk ceremony at an open-air ashram ground with dirt and gravel. In the centre, a person with long dark hair in an orange saffron wrap walks barefoot across a bed of glowing embers. To the left, a man in white clothes and an orange shawl tends the fire pit with a small flame. To the right, a man in white with an orange shawl stands beside a staff, and a white-draped low seat sits nearby. Behind them, a large printed portrait on a white wall shows a person in an orange turban and saffron garment with a raised expression. Seated devotees in white clothes watch from the left, and a deity murti stands in the upper right corner beside a sound system.2007-02-14Outdoor photo at an open-air ashram courtyard during a fire-walking ceremony. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron wrap and stands at the edge of a long trench of glowing white-grey embers scattered with yellow flower petals; he holds a small yellow object in one hand. Seated on blue mats behind him are rows of devotees in white clothes, some in white and one in maroon. A large banner on the white wall shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and orange garments with a rudraksha mala, and a painted elephant statue stands at the right beside steps and a white-draped seat with a microphone. A yellow pool of water lies at the trench's end.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor evening scene at a firewalk pit: a dark ash-filled trench of glowing embers lies in packed dirt in the foreground. A long-haired man in an orange robe stands barefoot at the pit's edge holding a small silver vessel, with two men in white dhotis and orange shawls beside him, one holding a long brass trident-staff. A large crowd of mostly white-clad devotees and children stands behind, under a corrugated shelter, beneath a large painted banner of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange garments. a person: the orange-robed figure with long swept hair, in a firewalk setting, is. The banner shows a depiction of a turbaned figure with ceremonial garb. Several white-clad devotees hold hands together in prayer.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14A figure in an orange saffron wrap stands at the edge of a long, shallow fire pit filled with white ash and glowing embers, holding a small yellow offering in his raised hands. Long, swept-back hair falls past his shoulders; he appears to be a person, presiding over the firewalk ritual. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on blue mats to the left, some holding bundles of straw. Behind them are concrete steps, a microphone stand, a white-draped seat, a pair of sandals, and a large orange and red banner showing a trident emblem. Dry earth and scattered straw cover the ground.2007-02-14Outdoor firewalk ceremony at an ashram courtyard. A long-haired, bare-chested man in an orange cloth wrap stands at the edge of a trench of glowing embers and marigold petals, facing it before the walk. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl and a trident-topped staff stands behind him, and several people in white sit on mats at left. A concrete stage with a microphone and a white-draped seat sits at right, with a painted portrait on the wall above. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired figure in orange wrap with distinctive long swept hair and bare-chested presentation is the apparent firewalk leader.2007-02-14Outdoor firewalk ritual at an open dirt ground. A standing man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested and barefoot, and sweeps or spreads dry straw across a smouldering fire pit in front of him. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on blue mats and cloth around the pit, watching. Behind them a white wall with red and white vertical stripes carries a large orange-clad portrait banner, and steps lead up to a raised platform with a white-draped seat and a small microphone stand. Smoke rises from ashes in the pit.2007-02-14