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Outdoor homa or fire-ritual scene at an open sandy ground surrounded by green trees, a small shrine structure at left and a red-and-white painted wall behind. Several seated men in orange shawls and white dhotis sit cross-legged before small smouldering fire pits, with smoke rising at right. Two standing men in white cloth at left attend the rite, one holding an object. Brick stacks sit at far left. Persons are not clearly identifiable as a specific individual, so no a person candidate is asserted.

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February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesAugust 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo of a monastic training session on a dirt ground with many circular mud-rimmed sand pits arranged across the yard. Several people sit cross-legged inside the circles, dressed in white and some in orange cloth. A bare-chested man in an orange wrap stands at left holding a long stick, and other men in white dhotis and kurtas stand or sit nearby. A red-roofed building with a green corrugated roof and a saffron flag stands in the background, with palm trees and stacked bricks around the yard.2006-08-17Outdoors 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.2006-08-17February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesAugust 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a fire ritual on bare sandy ground in front of a dense tree line, with a low red-and-white striped boundary wall behind. Several small fire pits with ash and charred edges are arranged in rings. About twenty people sit cross-legged around them, most in white clothing, with some in saffron-orange robes. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left, and another man in white holds a long pole or ladle over a fire at right, pouring from a small bottle. Smoke rises from the pits.2006-08-18July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a monastic training session at an ashram in red earth. Several seated participants sit around small circular fire pits with smouldering logs and smoke rising. Foreground figures wear white robes and a man in the centre wears white with a shawl. Two figures on the right wear saffron/orange robes and sit cross-legged. Behind them, a row of standing and seated people in white and saffron clothing watch beside a stacked pile of bricks and a red-walled building with laundry on a line. A white car is parked at left. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present; participants are dressed in white and saffron.2006-08-18July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor photograph of a monastic training ritual at an ashram, with many people seated on the ground inside circular fire rings of burnt wood and embers. A young man in the foreground wears an orange shawl over white clothes and sits cross-legged in front of a smouldering ring, with smoke rising around him. Other seated men wear white garments and orange shawls; one standing figure in white holds a long stick near a small fire. Smoke hangs over the sandy ground. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a dry, dusty ground with several small circular fire pits (homa kundas) lined with ash and charred wood. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and white cloth wrapped over their faces and heads sit in rows, several with hands raised or pressed to their heads in prayer. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red thread around her neck covers her mouth and nose with white cloth while holding her hands together. A man in white cloth sits on a raised ash-covered pit near the centre. Brick pieces and wooden planks lie between the pits, with smoke rising in the background and a few buildings visible behind.2007-02-02 +1 copies