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Night-time outdoor ritual on sandy ground. In the foreground a young man sits cross-legged in a cream shirt and white dhoti, a white cloth tied over his eyes, facing the fires. Small wood fires burn in a ring around him, with logs placed in circles on pinkish cloth. Behind him, other people in light clothes sit or stand near more fire pits, and bright tube lights stand among them. The scene suggests a fire ritual; the sitter is not visibly identified as anyone specific.

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February 02 20072007-02-02February 10 20072007-02-10Night photo of a sacred fire ritual on bare earth at an outdoor ground. Several people in white clothes sit on the ground, some with white cloth bands tied over their eyes. In the foreground a seated man in white with a white headband sits inside a circular pit surrounded by small fires and burning wood. A woman in white with a head covering sits beside small flames. Further back, many more people in white sit in rows near small fire pits, with string lights along the edge and a garland of marigolds visible behind them. Red illuminated lights glow at the right edge. No one is identified as a person in this scene.2007-02-07A seated young man sits cross-legged on bare ground inside a ring of burning logs at night. He wears a white cloth blindfold tied across his eyes, a white shirt and white dhoti, and his hands rest together in his lap. Several wood fires blaze around him, with glowing embers and flames lighting the sandy earth. This appears to be a fire-penance or tapas practice. No identifiable a person candidate is present.2007-02-02Night photograph of an outdoor sacred fire ritual on bare earth. Many participants in plain white clothes sit cross-legged around small fire pits, several wearing white head cloths. Small flames burn in shallow ring-shaped pits in the foreground, and smoke rises. Blue vertical lights and a string of marigold-style lights line the open ground, and a glowing red decorative sign stands at the right. Some figures in the background sit in rows, while a person in an orange-brown wrap sits near the left. The scene looks like a yagna or agni ritual.2007-02-07Night photograph of a sacred fire ritual on bare earth at an outdoor ashram setting. Several devotees sit in a row in white clothes, many with white cloth blindfolds over their eyes. In the foreground, a seated man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a white blindfold and a beaded necklace, sits beside a circular fire pit with flames and offerings. Further along, a woman in white sari with a white head covering sits by another fire pit, and other seated participants in white clothes sit by small fires. Bright vertical lights stand in the background. No person is clearly identifiable as a person.2007-02-07Night photograph of an outdoor sacred fire ritual on bare sandy ground. Many participants sit cross-legged in white clothes, most with white cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes, around small circular fire pits with flames burning in the dirt. A seated man in the foreground wears a white shirt and white dhoti with a beaded necklace and folds his hands in his lap. Other seated devotees in white and a few in saffron-toned wraps sit in rows behind, with additional fire pits glowing. A blurred standing figure appears at the upper right, and blue-white lights are strung overhead. The scene appears to be an agni ritual with blindfolded participants seated around the fire.2007-02-07February 13 20072007-02-13 +1 copiesNight-time photograph of a large outdoor fire ritual on bare ground. Many small fires burn in shallow pits across the field, with smoke drifting through the scene. Several people sit cross-legged behind the flames; in the foreground a figure in light, loose clothing and a head covering sits upright near a burning pit. Other seated participants are visible in the distance, lit by the fires and a bright lamp at upper right. The scene suggests a homa or yagna with small fire pits.2006-08-19August 17 20062006-08-17Night scene of a monastic fire ritual at an outdoor ground. A central figure sits cross-legged on a raised mound of earth, wrapped in an orange-saffron shawl over white robes, with hands resting in the lap. Small fires burn in the ground around him, with several other robed figures in white and saffron seated or kneeling behind the flames in the dark. A few lamps glow in the distance.2006-08-19Night photograph of a sacred fire process at an outdoor ground. Several people in plain white clothing and white head cloths sit cross-legged on raised earthen platforms inside circular fire pits with blackened edges. In the foreground a seated person wears a white shirt, white dhoti and white headband, with a red-striped cloth draped over the shoulder. A wooden pyramid of stacked logs stands at right, and red and blue buckets sit nearby. Other participants sit further back in the darkness under a single street lamp, and a dim cluster of white-clad figures appears at the far right.2007-02-07