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A photograph of a large open dry dirt field where many people sit in rows in white clothing, most wearing white head wraps or white cloths over their heads. Each seated person sits on a low brick or stone platform beside a small shallow pit containing ash and burnt embers, with smoke rising in places. Two figures in the foreground are prominent: a man on the left in a white shirt and white dhoti sits on a raised mound looking to the side, and a man on the right in white robes with a white blindfold tied over his eyes sits with a mala around his neck. Two seated figures further back wear orange or saffron cloths. Half-finished concrete structures and a few small trees stand in the background, with plastic buckets at the left. This appears to be a group fire-based ritual or austerity practice in an outdoor site.

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February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesA wide outdoor scene of a dusty open ground with many people seated on small brick platforms beside shallow fire pits with smouldering ash and small flames. Most participants wear white clothing and white blindfolds tied across their eyes, while a few wear orange or red headwear and one figure in a red garment sits at right. Low buildings, utility poles and distant construction vehicles line the background under a hazy sky. A few people in the foreground are closest to the camera, and there is no clearly identifiable figure distinguishable as the a person from appearance alone.2007-02-07Outdoor photograph of a dusty, unfinished site where about a dozen people in white clothing sit on the bare earth and on low bricks around small smouldering fire pits, with smoke and ash visible. Most wear white head coverings or white cloths wrapped over their heads, and one man in the foreground wears an orange cloth over his head. A seated figure near the centre wears a red-maroon shawl. Behind them stand a partly built concrete structure, scaffolding, piles of earth, trees and a white house on a rise.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20072007-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a large sacred fire ritual on bare earth at dusk. Many participants in plain white clothes sit cross-legged at scattered small fire pits with blackened ash, some with brick rings and wooden logs. Several seated people wear white head wraps or headbands, and a few wear orange or red garments. Smoke rises in the background near an unfinished concrete building and bare trees. A purple emblem appears in the upper left. Seen from behind, the nearest two participants sit before smouldering pits, and the scene suggests a yagna or homa. Around 30 people are visible.2007-02-07A photograph of many devotees in plain white clothing seated outdoors on bare, sooty ground during a fire ritual. Each person sits on a low brick or stone seat before a small smouldering fire pit, with smoke rising in the late-day light. Many wear white headbands or cloths over their eyes and white shawls draped over the shoulders. Modest single-storey buildings, bare trees and a white house stand in the background under a pale sky. A faint logo appears in the upper-left corner.2007-02-02 +1 copies