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Outdoor photograph on bare reddish earth at a monastic training site. In the foreground a young woman in white clothes and an orange shawl sits cross-legged on a small mat inside a ring of blackened ash, eyes closed in meditation. Behind her, several other people sit in similar charred rings in orange and white robes. At left, a seated figure in orange sits on a raised white-covered platform beside a row of people in white. Trees and palms frame the background under an overcast sky, with a small pink building at left.

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Outdoors on bare sandy ground at dusk or dawn, a woman in white sits cross-legged within a circular ring of blackened, smouldering fire-pit remains, eyes closed, hands resting on her lap. She wears a white dhoti-style garment with an orange-saffron shawl draped over her shoulders. Behind her, several other people in white and orange clothing sit in similar fire rings, and a seated group in white and orange waits near a small pink building, with palm and tree foliage and smoke hanging in the air. The scene appears to show a monastic training ritual during a convention.2006-08-18Outdoor photo on a dusty ground at dawn or dusk with smoke hanging in the air. Several people sit cross-legged in white clothes inside circular rings of smouldering logs; the central woman wears white with an orange shawl and sits with eyes lowered and hands folded in her lap. Other participants wear orange or saffron robes and white, some with orange shawls. In the background a figure in saffron sits on a raised white platform beneath a tent-like canopy, and a person in white stands near the top right. Scattered burnt wood and ash surround the fire rings.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photo of a monastic training gathering at an ashram courtyard. In the foreground, two people sit cross-legged on mats in meditation within a ring of smouldering black ash, a fire burning at the right edge. The woman on the left wears white clothes and an orange shawl with a forehead mark; the young woman beside her wears a white top and white pants with an orange shawl. Behind them, a row of women in white and orange sits on a bench near a stack of bricks, a red building and green shrubbery behind. Smoke hangs over the ground. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this scene.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a homa or fire-ritual session on bare sandy ground at an ashram, with multiple circular fire pits of burnt sticks arranged across the yard. Several seated participants in white clothes with orange sashes sit around the pits, some with long braided hair. A standing woman in an orange robe stands centre-left, and a figure in white robes kneels near the centre. Smoke rises amid green trees, with a red-and-white striped boundary wall and a white cloth canopy behind. No figure is confidently identifiable as a person from appearance cues.2006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor ritual scene on bare reddish earth with several smouldering fire pits arranged in rings, smoke drifting through palm trees. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair sits cross-legged in front, wrapped in a white shawl over white clothes, eyes closed, hands resting in her lap. Behind her a man with white hair and a grey beard, dressed in white with a beaded necklace, sits on a low stool. Other participants in white robes sit or stand around the fire rings, one man bending to tend a pit, and a few carry small vessels. A vehicle and small buildings are visible at the left edge. This appears to be a fire ritual or homa with participants in meditative postures.2006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18