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A photograph taken at night of a man seated cross-legged on the ground beside several open fires, which are the main light source. He wears white ritual clothing: a white kurta-style top, a white shawl draped over one shoulder, and white dhoti-style cloth with reddish-brown borders, with a mala-like cord around his neck. His hands rest on his knees in a meditative posture while he looks down with a calm expression. The background is very dark, and a small figure in white stands at the right edge, partly visible.

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February 13 20072007-02-13A night photograph of a man seated cross-legged on the ground within a ring of small open fires, which are visible at the lower edge of the frame. He wears a white dhoti and a white shawl draped over his shoulders, with a rudraksha-style necklace visible, and he has a shaved head and rests his hands in a meditative mudra on his knees. The background is almost entirely black. Partially visible figures stand at the far left and a hand holding an object appears at the right edge. The scene matches an Ananda Tapas fire meditation, though his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2007-02-13February 13 20072007-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20072007-02-13August 19 20062006-08-19August 19 20062006-08-19August 17 20062006-08-17A seated man sits cross-legged on bare ground at night, surrounded by several open fires burning on the earth. He wears a white kurta-style top with a white shawl draped over his shoulders, white dhoti, and a beaded mala necklace; he has short grey hair and wears glasses. His hands rest in his lap and his eyes are closed in meditation. Two or three other people in pale clothing sit faintly in the dark background. Hands in the lap and fire placed around the seated figure suggest a fire ritual or meditation setting.2006-08-19Night photograph of white-clad practitioners sitting cross-legged in a dark open ground beside circular ash-rimmed fire pits with charred logs. In the foreground a man with short dark hair, white kurta and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and a bangle, sits with eyes closed and hands joined on his lap, seated on a sand mound inside a ring of ash. Behind him two more white-clad figures sit near a second fire pit, one in a white head covering, and a fourth sits in the far background under dim lights.2007-08-11September 06 20062006-09-06A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised circular mound at the centre of a ring-shaped fire pit, with burning logs and ash around its edge. Long dark hair falls to the shoulders and a red tilak marks the forehead. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits beside him. Around the fire, several people in white clothing sit or stand, and smoke drifts across the open ground, with white structures in the background. Appearance-based label: a person, seated at the centre of the homa.2010-06-13