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A wide outdoor photograph of a dusty, ash-strewn ground where many people in white clothes sit in rows on low stone or wooden seats, most with white cloths or red scarves wrapped over their heads and faces, and some with white headbands. The people wear white kurtas and dhotis with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Burnt wood, charred pits and ash cover the ground in front of them, with a black bucket nearby. Behind them stand a white boundary wall, small flagpoles, scattered trees and a small building under a blue sky. The scene appears to be a ritual fire practice, with participants seated at fire pits.

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Outdoor photo on bare dry earth at dusk, showing a large group of practitioners seated in white clothing with white cloth blindfolds over their eyes. Many sit on mats or low platforms around small smouldering fire pits with scattered logs and ash. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace sits upright with eyes closed and hands resting in her lap. Behind them a few figures in orange clothing stand near white plastic chairs and metal vessels, and a bare-chested man in white bends over a pit. A white building, palm trees and a hazy sky form the background.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large outdoor Pancha Tapas gathering on bare, dusty ground at dusk. Dozens of people sit cross-legged in rows around small shallow fire pits with blackened ashes and charred logs, many wearing white clothes and white head wraps that cover their faces. One seated figure in the foreground wears an orange shawl over white clothing. Others are seated in front of low brick stands and metal pots. A water tower, a low concrete building and palm trees stand in the background behind a white boundary wall. The people are seated in meditation and tapas posture around the fire sites, with smoke rising from some of them.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor 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 photo of a large group of devotees in plain white clothes seated cross-legged on bare, dusty ground at dusk. Each person sits inside a shallow circular pit of dark ash and charred wood, with a white cloth tied over the eyes and some wearing a white face mask. A blindfolded man in the foreground, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti with a mala-style neck cord, sits with hands folded in his lap. Low white buildings and trees stand in the background. No one in the scene is identified as a person.2007-02-07February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a dusty open ground with dead trees and a low white wall behind. In the foreground, several people in white clothes with white head coverings sit on small wooden stools or low platforms beside shallow sunken fire pits with ash and charred logs, some still smouldering. A standing figure in an orange sari with dark hair walks across the middle of the scene. Other people in white stand in the background near stacks of firewood, one holding a long-handled tool. Smoke rises faintly in the hazy light.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on dry, bare earth at dusk where many white-clad devotees sit in rows beside small circular fire pits with smoke rising from ash and burning logs. Most wear white dhotis and white or cream shawls, and several have their faces covered with white cloth masks or wraps. A man in the foreground at right, in white shirt and dhoti with rudraksha malas, sits with hands folded beside a fire pit. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with a yellow border and a white head covering. Behind them, more seated participants and a few standing figures are visible, with a concrete building and palm trees in the background. The rites look like a homa or yagna with a fire pit arrangement.2007-02-02 +1 copies