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A night-time photograph of a large outdoor sacred fire burning on bare ground at a ritual gathering. Several people dressed in white clothing sit around the flames at varying distances, some facing the fire and one seated in the foreground at right. A person standing at far right, wearing white and a red-orange cloth, leans toward the fire. Thin vertical lights mark the edges of the open area, and small lamps flicker near the fire pits in the foreground. The scene conveys a fire ritual in progress with attendees keeping vigil.

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A night-time outdoor photograph of a sacred fire ritual on bare dusty ground. A large bright fire burns at the right, with flames and smoke rising. Scattered across the dark field, several people in white clothes sit cross-legged facing the fire, including a person in the foreground in white with a dark head covering. Small lamps glow faintly on the ground at left, and thin vertical lights stand in the background. No deity murti or a person candidate is clearly visible; the figures are seated devotees taking part in the homa-like fire ceremony.2007-02-07A night outdoor scene of a large sacred fire blazing in an open ground. Several people in white clothing sit on the ground around the fire at varying distances, some with white head coverings, in a dim field lit by the fire and by a row of tall thin vertical lights in the background. In the foreground, two seated figures in white, one with a dark head covering, face the flames. 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The scene resembles a fire ritual or homa, with participants seated in meditative postures.2007-02-07Night photograph of a large open fire blazing on sandy ground at the centre of a dark outdoor gathering. Several people in white clothing sit around the fire at a distance, some near the foreground, one in the lower left wearing a white garment and another in the lower centre in white with a head covering. Small lights stand in a line in the background and a strand of lights runs across the rear. A faint logo appears in the upper left corner.2007-02-07Night photograph of a large outdoor sacred fire blazing on bare ground. Many people in white clothing sit in rows on the sand around the flames, several with their backs to the camera, some seated near small wooden platforms and low fire pits. Thin upright lights stand in the darkness behind them. Figures in the foreground include a seated person in a light garment and a person with a dark head covering at right. The scene suggests a fire ritual session.2007-02-07A night-time outdoor photograph of a sacred fire ritual on bare earth. A large blazing fire pit burns in the right centre, with glowing embers. Several people in white clothing sit on the ground around the scene, some facing the flames. In the foreground at lower left, a person in white with a head covering sits with their back to the camera. At lower right, another person wearing a dark head covering sits near the fire. Thin vertical lights stand in the dark background, and more seated figures in white are faintly visible in the distance.2007-02-07A night photograph of a large sacred fire burning on bare ground, with tall flames rising in the centre and glowing embers at its base. Several seated people in white clothing sit around the fire at a distance, some in the foreground at left and lower right, and others in the background among faint lights. A line of small lamps or lights runs across the background at right. The darkness surrounding the fire makes the flames the dominant element of the scene. Given the page's reference to a sacred fire ritual, this appears to be a fire ritual in progress, though the visible evidence shows only the fire and seated participants.2007-02-07Night outdoor fire ritual on bare ground. A large, tall bonfire with flames and sparks rising on the right dominates the frame. Several people in white clothing sit cross-legged on the ground around the fire and in the dark background, some with small lamps nearby. A person in the foreground right sits in dark clothing near the fire. Thin vertical lights are visible in the distance. A sacred fire ritual setting.2007-02-07Night photograph of a large sacred fire burning on sandy ground, with bright flames rising from a central pit. Several seated participants in white clothing sit around the fire at a distance, with small glowing lights placed across the dark field behind them. 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