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Night photograph of several people sitting cross-legged in meditation on ashy, sandy ground beside a large pile of burnt wood or logs. The foreground man wears white kurta and white trousers, a wooden bead mala around his neck and a bangle on his wrist, eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. Behind him a woman in white and another person in light clothing sit similarly, with a figure on the far left in khaki. Tall posts with blue lights stand in the dark background.

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Night photograph of meditation beside a dying fire pit on open ground. In the foreground, a man in white clothes sits cross-legged with eyes closed, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala and a bangle. Two more people in white, one with a white head covering, sit in meditation further back near ash-covered embers. A tall stack of logs stands at right and a faint figure stands at the far right edge. A low building with lit windows appears in the dark background.2007-08-11Night photograph of white-clad practitioners sitting cross-legged in a dark open ground beside circular ash-rimmed fire pits with charred logs. In the foreground a man with short dark hair, white kurta and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and a bangle, sits with eyes closed and hands joined on his lap, seated on a sand mound inside a ring of ash. Behind him two more white-clad figures sit near a second fire pit, one in a white head covering, and a fourth sits in the far background under dim lights.2007-08-11A night-time outdoor scene shows four people seated cross-legged on raised earthen platforms set into the ground, with ash-covered pits and small fire remnants around them. Each person wears white or cream clothing: the foreground woman has a white head covering and white garments, a man on the left wears cream robes and a necklace, a man at the back wears white, and a woman on the right wears white with a beaded necklace. A water bottle and a stack of logs sit on the ground at the right edge. They appear to be sitting in meditation.2007-08-11Night photograph of people sitting cross-legged in white clothing on raised circular earthen platforms set into bare ground, each ringed by ash-darkened charred edges, with thin upright poles and a strung wire behind them against a black sky. In the foreground a woman with blonde hair in a braid sits in a white top and white trousers, bare-footed, on a platform. Further back, a man in white sits on a platform, a man with grey hair and glasses wears white and sits with hands folded, and two more figures in white sit in the distance. The setting suggests a night meditation or fire ritual, though no fire is visibly burning. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable from appearance.2007-08-11Night photograph of five people seated in meditation on bare ground at a ritual site. Circular fire-pit beds of pale ash surround them. The foreground man wears white kurta and dhoti, a beaded mala necklace, a bangle and barefoot posture. Behind him sit a bald man in khaki clothing with a white blindfold, a man in white, a woman in white with a white head covering and blindfold, and a woman in white with light hair. Another figure in white stands in the far background. Dark sky and scattered lights.2007-08-11Night-time outdoor scene on bare, dusty ground where five people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged in meditation on raised circular earthen platforms, each set in a shallow ash-dusted depression. A woman with long blonde hair in the foreground sits with bare feet on a platform; a grey-haired woman in a light beige top sits in the centre; a man in white sits on the right; two more white-clad figures sit at the far left. Two tall wooden poles with bright lights stand behind them against a dark sky, and a few scattered stones and a plastic bottle lie on the ground.2007-08-11Night photograph of a sacred fire ritual on bare ground at an outdoor site. Many participants in white clothes and white headbands sit cross-legged around ring-shaped fire pits blackened by ash, facing the fires. In the foreground a bald-to-fair-haired man in a white t-shirt and khaki trousers sits at a small fire pit, with split firewood stacked to the right and a green bucket at left. A single lamp post lights the distant rows, with more seated figures and piled wood beyond. The scene is an agni ritual of seated devotees around fire pits.2007-02-07Night photograph of a sacred fire process at an outdoor ground. Several people in plain white clothing and white head cloths sit cross-legged on raised earthen platforms inside circular fire pits with blackened edges. In the foreground a seated person wears a white shirt, white dhoti and white headband, with a red-striped cloth draped over the shoulder. A wooden pyramid of stacked logs stands at right, and red and blue buckets sit nearby. Other participants sit further back in the darkness under a single street lamp, and a dim cluster of white-clad figures appears at the far right.2007-02-07Night photograph of a sacred fire ritual on bare ground. In the foreground, a man in white clothes sits cross-legged before a small fire pit with his face covered by a light blue-and-white cloth, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha-style mala necklace and a bead bracelet, hands folded in his lap. Beside him, a second seated man in white wears an orange saffron shawl and sits with hands clasped near a smouldering pit. Further back, several more figures in white sit or stand in the dark, and smoke drifts across the scene. A faint logo appears in the upper left corner.2007-02-07A night photograph of a fire ritual on bare sandy ground, with many participants seated cross-legged in white clothes around small fire pits. In the foreground a seated man in white with a white headband faces away from the camera beside a small flame, and on the right another seated man in white with a red-orange thread and a white headband sits with hands together by a cleared ash circle and a long wooden stick. Further back, numerous other seated figures in white clothes and white head cloths sit around scattered fire pits, with smoke drifting through the dark air. The scene suggests a sacred fire practice with participants sitting in meditative stillness.2007-02-07A night-time outdoor scene at a sacred fire ritual area with sandy ground and charred wood. In the foreground, a man with reddish hair and a white headband sits cross-legged on a fire pit with a white t-shirt and cream trousers, hands resting on his knees. Behind him, several more people sit in similar pits, one in a light shirt and one in white clothing with covered heads. Smoke hangs in the dim air and dark wooden beams line the background.2007-02-07A night-time outdoor scene on bare sandy ground where many participants in white garments and white head cloths sit on circular raised mounds of ash around cold fire pits. Several sit close in the foreground, one with a white headband facing away, and rows of seated figures recede into the darkness. Small blue buckets, scattered wooden sticks and ash rings are visible on the ground. No single person is identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2007-02-07