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A night-time photograph of a fire-walking ritual on a dirt path. A young girl in a magenta top and cream dhoti-style skirt walks barefoot along a shallow pit of glowing embers and ash, arms outstretched for balance, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace. On both sides, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts or saris stand behind bamboo poles that line the pit, several reaching out to steady her. A man in white with a grey beard stands in the lower right foreground. The crowd behind includes people in white, a woman in an orange sari, and a few in saffron or coloured cloth.

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