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Outdoor scene on bare, scorched earth with ash patches and small brick-lined pits. In the foreground a man in white clothes and a black cloth blindfold sits cross-legged on a mound of sand, hands resting on his knees, with a small blue-capped bottle beside him and a few wooden sticks arranged around the mound. Behind him, many more people in white robes and white head wraps sit in scattered rows, some with black cloths over their eyes, some beside metal buckets. Smoke rises faintly in the background near a partly built structure and a white wall. The setting appears to be a fire-based penance practice, with the seated figures in white dhoti-style garments.

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February 13 20072007-02-13Outdoor scene on dry, ash-scattered ground with smoke rising from several small fire pits. Many people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged on low brick seats, most with black or dark cloth blindfolds or headbands. The foreground figure in the centre wears a white kurta and white dhoti, with a black cloth over his eyes and a reddish band on his head, hands resting near a small mound of earth and a burning fire. Other seated figures in white stand farther back among bare trees and a low white boundary wall. Scattered bricks, sticks and a green bucket lie on the ground. The scene suggests a fire-based ritual practice, with the participants seated in a rows.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a dusty, open ground scorched with ash and blackened fire pits. Many people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged on low mounds around the pits, several with white cloth wrapped over their heads and faces, some with bare faces, and a few holding small objects. Scattered logs and smoking embers lie among the pits, with rows of distant figures in white receding toward a line of trees and a road. The scene is austere and ritualistic, consistent with a penance-style practice of sitting beside fire pits. No one in the foreground is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance alone.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on bare dry ground with ash and charred logs where many small fire pits burn. Many men in plain white clothes and white head wraps sit in rows, several with white cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes. A seated man in the foreground wears a red-and-white cloth over his head and eyes, sitting by a small fire and a red plastic bucket. Blue and black buckets, a white plastic chair, a water tower and a low white wall are visible in the background, with smoke drifting through the air.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20072007-02-13February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20072007-02-12 +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 copiesFebruary 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 copies