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Outdoor ritual at an ashram: a circular concrete platform surrounded by a ring of grey-white ash, with an orange cloth draped over a flat wooden board on top and a small brass vessel placed beside it. On the right a man in a white kurta and blue slippers bends forward, holding a black tray or shovel near the ash ring. On the left a man in an orange upper cloth and white dhoti walks barefoot past the ring. Behind them a row of seated devotees in white and coloured saris sits on a low wall, with a white building, red-and-white striped steps and a small shrine at the back. Visible people count is four, and possibly more in the background.

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Outdoor photo of a ritual fire pit on a dirt courtyard. A circular concrete platform sits inside a ring of grey-white ash and embers, with an orange cloth laid on top and a small brass lamp beside it. A man in white clothes and sandals leans forward and shovels ash with a long-handled metal shovel. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl stands nearby watching. Behind them, a group of seated people in white and orange clothing sits on a low platform near a whitewashed wall with red and white striped steps. A statue in orange drapery stands at the left edge, and a white vehicle is parked at the right.2010-07-11Outdoor 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 fire ritual (homa/yagna) on a dirt ground in front of a white building with a sign reading "Sri Anandeshwar Mandir". A woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged beside a circular fire pit with flames, holding a brass vessel. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow sash bends over the pit pouring from a bucket. Another man in white sits at the right with a basket, and a few seated participants in white and orange are visible in the background near smaller fire pits. Rows of standing people in white clothes watch from behind, and camera tripods and photographers stand at the far right near a red-and-white painted platform with a small sign. Palm trees and low roofed buildings frame the scene.2010-06-13Outdoor 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.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor photo at a temple-like courtyard lined with palm trees and dark stone deity murti statues. In the foreground, a seated figure in an orange-saffron hooded robe with a long rudraksha mala sits on a raised circular earthen platform surrounded by grey ash, with a small brass kalasha pot beside them. To the left, a young man in white dhoti and yellow shawl uses a shovel to spread ash on the ground. Behind them, several people in white and yellow clothes sit in meditation or prayer. A white stepped peetha holds a stone nandi bull garlanded with red and yellow flowers. The scene appears to be a ritual of ash and pada-style devotion.2010-07-22A seated figure wrapped head-to-toe in orange-saffron cloth with a dark rudraksha mala draped over the chest sits cross-legged on a raised circular earthen platform ringed by pale grey ash. A small brass kalasha stands beside him. Behind, a man in white with a yellow shawl shovels ash with a long-handled shovel, and several people in white and yellow sit in the background near black stone deity murti and a large black Nandi with a red and white garland. White stepped pedestals and palm trees fill the open courtyard setting. Several people appear in the background, around five.2010-07-22June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesFebruary 14 20072007-02-14A person in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised mound of earth inside a circular fire pit, with small flames and smouldering wood around the edge and a brass kalasha-like vessel placed before him. Smoke rises from the ground. In the background, several men in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with orange and yellow cloths over their shoulders, stand and tend the fire, one holding a long stick. A seated man in white with a yellow sash sits to the left beside small plates, and a white stepped structure stands at the upper left. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2010-06-13