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Outdoor photo of many devotees in white clothes and white head cloths sitting cross-legged on mud-brick seats across a dusty, ash-strewn open ground, each seated beside a small blackened fire pit with ash residue. Some wear white shawls over white kurtas. A single person in a yellow garment stands near the centre-right. Behind them are a plain grey cement block building, a red-roofed structure on the right, palm and tree foliage, and a water tank on the left. The seated figures appear engaged in a fire ritual or homa-style sitting.

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February 13 20072007-02-13February 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesA 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 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a sacred fire ritual on bare sandy ground at dusk. Many participants dressed in white garments and white head cloths sit cross-legged or kneel around shallow circular fire pits containing charred logs and ash. In the foreground, a man in white with a white blindfold-style headband sits on a block beside a pit, and another in white with a white cloth over his head kneels nearby. A person in orange and blue clothing sits at right, and a blue bucket lies at left. Low walls, trees and a water tower stand in the background under a pale sky.2007-02-07Outdoor 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 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesA photograph of many people in white clothes sitting in a dusty open field among circular fire pits with ash and smouldering embers. The seated figures wear white dhotis and white wraps, some with white cloths tied over the eyes or face. In the foreground, a woman with her hair tied up sits cross-legged on a raised circular mound beside a pit, eyes closed and hands resting in her lap. To the right, a man in white clothing sits on a similar mound, his face covered by a cloth and hands clasped. Behind them, rows of practitioners sit on mounds around smoking pits, with low white buildings and trees in the background. Smoke drifts across the scene and a metal pot sits on the ground at right.2007-02-02 +1 copiesA dusty open ground at a rural site with scattered small fire pits and smoke rising from the ground. Many people in plain white clothes sit in rows, many with white cloth wrapped over their heads and faces, some seated on bricks. One seated person in the foreground wears a saffron-orange shawl over the lower face and head. Another person at right holds a white cloth to the head. Behind them a white boundary wall, a small building, a water tank and palm trees under a pale sky.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of many participants in white clothing seated on raised mud platforms around small sunken fire pits on bare, rocky ground at dusk. In the foreground a woman in white with a patterned red-and-white face cloth and a rudraksha mala sits beside a water bottle. Beside her, a man in white wears an orange turban and sits on a mud platform near a small smouldering pit. Further right, another seated participant wears a white and pink head covering. Behind them rows of white-clad people sit on similar platforms beside smoking pits, with a red building and trees in the background.2007-02-07