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Outdoor photo of a dusty ground with several small shallow fire pits holding charred logs and ash. Many participants sit cross-legged on low stools and the bare earth, most wearing white clothes with white cloth wrapped over their eyes or heads. In the foreground a woman in a blue striped top and orange skirt sits with a white cloth over her eyes and an orange headwrap, hands folded, with a brass bottle beside her. A man at right in white dhoti and shawl with a white eye cloth sits on a stool holding a rudraksha-style mala. A woman in red sits in the middle distance. A white building and palm trees stand behind. Participants appear to be in a sacred fire ritual session.

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Outdoor photo of devotees seated on bare earth at a fire-ritual ground, each beside a shallow fire pit with blackened charred logs and ash. In the foreground a woman in a white dhoti-style garment with yellow border sits on a stone block with a white cloth blindfold, hands in lap, feet bare. To her right a woman in an orange lower garment and dark striped top sits with an orange headcloth tied over her eyes and a water bottle beside her. Behind them rows of people in white clothes with white or orange head coverings sit in similar positions around the pits. White single-storey buildings and palm trees stand in the background under a hazy sky. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2007-02-07Outdoor photo at a dusty open ground during a sacred fire session. In the foreground, a woman in a navy striped top and bright orange trousers sits cross-legged with a white cloth tied over her eyes and an orange headwrap, hands resting in her lap beside a metal water bottle. Behind her, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged by a low fire pit of smouldering charcoal and sticks, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white cloth blindfold. Several other participants in white garments and white head coverings sit or kneel along the pits, some in orange. A white wall, scattered trees and a wider group of seated people fill the background.2007-02-07Outdoor scene of a sacred fire ritual on bare earth at dusk. Many participants sit in a row of small circular fire pits edged with charred logs, all wearing white clothing and white blindfolds over their eyes. The nearest figure on the right is a woman in a white sari with a golden border, seated on a raised mound beside a small fire. In the left middle, a person in an orange wrap and blue top sits cross-legged by a steel water bottle, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala sits in meditation beside him. A bare tree and low walls stand in the background. The setting appears to be a practice of sitting in meditation around fire pits.2007-02-07February 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on bare reddish earth at dusk during a sacred fire ritual. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows on small brick seats beside shallow dark fire pits with blackened ash and charred logs. Most wear white clothing with white head cloths, some with white shawls. In the foreground, a woman with hair tied up sits facing away, wearing a white dhoti-style garment and an orange and red patterned shawl, beside a pit with a charred log. Further back, a person in orange robes sits at the left edge near a low white building and a bucket. Palm trees and a wall line the distant background. Roughly 20 people are visible.2007-02-07A photograph of an outdoor ascetic practice on bare, ash-covered ground. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a yellow border sits cross-legged on a low brick platform, her eyes covered by a white blindfold strip. Behind her, many other people sit in rows on similar platforms among smouldering ash pits and charred logs, most wearing white clothes and white eye-covering cloths, with one woman in an orange skirt and red blouse. Smoke drifts across the scene. Low white buildings, poles and palm trees line the background under a hazy sky.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a sacred fire ritual on bare dirt ground at a compound with a concrete block wall behind. Many participants in white clothes sit on low brick or stone seats around small smoking fire pits, many with white cloths tied over their eyes. A woman in the foreground left wears a white top, white pants and a white headband with a blue head wrap. Another in the centre wears white with a white eye band beside a small fire. On the right, a woman in white with an orange shawl and a woman in white with a white eye band sit by the pits. Burnt wood, ash and small offerings lie on the ground, and white tents or platforms stand in the background.2007-02-07February 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on bare dry ground with scattered ash and charred patches from fire pits. Many white-clad men and women sit in meditative postures on low platforms and mats, many with their faces wrapped in white cloths covering their eyes and mouths; some wear white shawls and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. In the foreground a seated figure in white with a golden-bordered cloth sits on a brick. Plastic chairs, a blue umbrella and a tree stand in the background, with white walls and buildings beyond. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible, so the appearance is uncertain.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on bare dry ground with ash and charred logs where many small fire pits burn. Many men in plain white clothes and white head wraps sit in rows, several with white cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes. A seated man in the foreground wears a red-and-white cloth over his head and eyes, sitting by a small fire and a red plastic bucket. Blue and black buckets, a white plastic chair, a water tower and a low white wall are visible in the background, with smoke drifting through the air.2007-02-02 +1 copies