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Outdoor ritual scene on bare, ash-dusted ground at dusk, with smoke rising from shallow fire pits. Several devotees sit cross-legged on bricks and concrete blocks, mostly wrapped head to body in white cloth. At the back, a seated figure in a bright orange robe sits on a white-draped seat beside a small table, a. Nearby, a figure in a deep maroon cloth sits by a fire pit, and red cloth is tied at the base of one pit. Poles and a blue plastic chair stand in the background, and a few people in white are visible at the edges.

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February 02 20072007-02-02Outdoor photograph of a dusty open ground where many people sit on concrete blocks around small smoking fire pits, a ritual scene at dusk. Most participants wear white clothing and white head coverings or cloths, with a few in orange and one woman in a purple robe. A woman in the foreground wears a white outfit and white headband and sits beside a water bottle. Wooden logs lie near the pits, and palm trees, bamboo poles with strings, and small structures stand in the background.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a sacred fire ritual on bare earth at dusk. Many participants in white clothing and white head coverings sit cross-legged or kneel at small square fire pits filled with blackened ash and charred logs. In the foreground, a seated man in white garments and a bright orange-red cloth wrapped over his head and face sits beside a small glowing flame. Other participants are scattered across the ground, some with orange or saffron wraps, and a few standing figures are visible in the background near a stone structure and trees.2007-02-07February 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on bare dry earth at a Pancha Tapas practice, with small fires smoldering in shallow pits. Participants in plain white cloth sit cross-legged in rows, most wearing white head bandages that cover their eyes; some have rudraksha malas and bare shoulders. A bare-headed person in white sits in the foreground beside a stacked brick and a pit of ash. Further back, an orange-clad figure and a white-clad figure stand near a tree, and plastic buckets and a white plastic chair sit in the background beside a white boundary wall. No clear a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance.2007-02-02 +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 11 20072007-02-11 +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.2007-02-07February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on dry, bare ground at a rural site with leafless trees, a white boundary wall and a stacked pile of firewood at left. Several people in white clothing sit by pit-like fire hearths, some with white cloths wrapped over their heads and faces. A standing figure in a flowing orange-saffron robe, with long hair pulled back, walks across the middle of the ground with one hand raised to the head. Other men in white kurtas stand in the background near the wall. Dark ash-covered pits and scattered logs fill the foreground. The figure in saffron is a sannyasi-style robe wearer; no identification is made from appearance.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a bare, dusty ground at dusk with many devotees seated in rows beside small shallow fire pits, some with smoke rising. Most participants wear plain white dhotis and shawls, with white cloths wrapped over their heads and faces; one seated figure in the foreground wears white with a gold-edged border. A man in a red garment sits at right. Scattered split logs and wood lie on the ground near the pits, with trees and a small structure in the background. This appears to be a sacred fire ritual session in progress.2007-02-07Outdoor photograph of a dry, dusty ground with smoking ash and charred debris where many people sit cross-legged on low bricks, their heads and faces wrapped in white cloth. Most wear white kurta-style clothing, one foreground figure in white with a gold-bordered dhoti, and several wear white head wraps. One person at left wears an orange-red head wrap, an orange garment and a rudraksha mala. Behind them a tan building, a concrete block wall and a purple flag with a white emblem appear, with a single figure in orange seated near the centre-back.2007-02-10 +1 copies