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Night photograph of devotees seated in white clothing on bare ground at a fire ritual site. In the foreground, a person in a white shawl with orange borders sits cross-legged inside a circular fire pit, wearing a white face mask. Behind them, a small fire burns in another pit where a person in white with an orange-edged wrap sits beside a water bottle, and several more seated people in white are scattered across the dark ground, some with masks or head coverings. A red-clad figure sits near a metal pot at left. Bright vertical lamps stand in the background and a stick rests on the ground at left. No visible evidence identifies a person in the scene.

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Night photograph of a Sacred Fire Ritual at an outdoor ground. Many people in plain white clothes and white head wraps sit cross-legged on raised brick platforms set within circular fire pits, with small fires burning in several pits. Most sit facing away toward the dark field. One seated figure near the centre wears an orange-saffron cloth over the shoulders. A few thin vertical lights stand in the background, and a small tent-like structure is visible far back. The image is dark with the fire glow lighting the nearby figures.2007-02-07Night photograph of a sacred fire ritual on open sand at an outdoor ashram site. Many participants sit cross-legged in a row around circular fire pits; several have white cloth tied over their eyes and wear white clothes. Blackened charred logs and ash lie in the pits. The nearest participant, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, sits blindfolded beside a fire pit. 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A few wear orange or red head-cloths. Smoke hangs in the dark air, and a lamp glows in the distance. In the foreground, a seated person in white with a white wrap over the head tends a fire pit, with a water bottle beside them. A standing figure in white stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a sacred fire ritual in the Agni process style.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.2007-02-07A 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 on bare sandy ground at a sacred fire ritual site. Several ring-shaped fire pits with glowing embers are spread across the ground, each surrounded by seated participants wrapped in white cloth, with some faces covered by white cloths. In the foreground a man in white clothes sits cross-legged beside a fire pit, his head wrapped in white. At the centre-right a figure in orange robes with a white head covering sits cross-legged at a fire pit, with a small orange-capped bottle placed beside him. Further back, more seated figures in white and one in reddish-brown cloth sit at other fire pits, with smoke drifting across the scene. A bucket and a long-handled ladle lie near the pits. Poles with lights stand in the background.2007-02-07Night-time outdoor photo of a sacred fire ritual on bare sandy ground. Many seated participants sit cross-legged around dark fire pits with charred wood and ash, some with orange cloths tied over their heads, others with white cloths wrapped around their heads. Most wear white clothing; a few wear orange, maroon or yellow. A central figure in white with a rudraksha-style necklace sits in front, with a fire pit and a crossed ritual stick beside him. 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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.2007-02-07A night-time outdoor photograph of a large group of people in white clothing seated on the ground in rows at a fire-ritual site. Several individual circular pits or raised ash rings lie in the sand, with a few clay pots and vessels near the seated figures. Some people wear white headcloths and white shawls. The nearest figure in the foreground, wearing a light headcloth and white garments, sits cross-legged beside a circular ash mound. Lamps glow faintly in the dark background, and a metal scaffold frame stands at the left edge. The scene reads as a sacred fire ritual session with participants seated around fire pits.2007-02-07A smoky indoor scene of several people in plain white clothes sitting cross-legged on the ground inside circular fire pits of blackened ash and charred wood. Each seated person wears a white cloth tied across the forehead and a white face covering over the mouth and nose. The central seated figure, in a white kurta and white dhoti, has hands pressed together in front of his chest and a red cord or mala around his neck. A man in the right foreground sits similarly with hands folded in his lap. Smoke fills the upper background, with fluorescent tubes visible overhead and more seated figures faintly visible at the far left. The ground is covered in sand and ash.2007-02-07