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Outdoors on bare reddish-brown earth, many devotees sit cross-legged in white clothes with white head cloths, seated on low red bricks around small smouldering fire pits with ash and smoke rising. A white car and a red-roofed building with white plastic chairs stand in the background. A woman in the foreground wears a white head cloth and pale pink top, holding a white cloth in her lap. The scene appears to be a fire ritual or homa. No a person candidate is visibly present.

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February 11 20072007-02-11February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a large open dusty ground at a ritual site, where many participants in plain white clothes and white headbands sit cross-legged on small brick seats around small fire pits with embers and burnt wood. In the foreground, a woman in white with a white headband sits in front of a small fire and a seated woman wears a red-brown shawl at left. A person in an orange shawl or wrap stands among the seated rows near a mound of sand and red-roofed building behind. Some participants wear white head coverings and wraps. Dried logs lie on the ground beside the fire pits.2007-02-07Outdoor photo of a dusty open ground where many white-clad people sit in small groups by low fire pits, with smoke rising from the ashes. Most wear white clothes and white head cloths. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a white head covering sits on a low stool beside a small fire pit with a stick laid across it. A man in white stands center holding a long rod near the pits, and a seated figure in orange sits at left. Behind them is a long red metal-roofed building with small finials on the ridge, a grey boundary wall, a white car, blue drums and trees. Several people are seated across the field, some tending the fires.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene at a dusty, unpaved site with rising smoke. Many people in plain white clothing sit on low brick platforms around small sunken fire pits, tending flames and wood. In the foreground a woman in white with a white head covering and a long braid sits on bricks beside a fire trench, her hands resting in her lap. Other participants, some wearing white head coverings and one wearing an orange turban, sit at a distance among scattered firewood and smoke, forming a sacred fire ritual setting.2007-02-07Outdoor scene at dawn on dusty bare ground with a hazy palm-lined background. Around a dozen people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged or on their heels beside small circular fire pits edged with red bricks, with smoke rising from the pits. Several women wear white saris with gold borders and head coverings; men wear white shirts and white cloths. One woman in the foreground sits with her head wrapped in white. A clay pot sits on the ground at left. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person, and no person here is shown in ornate saffron or ceremonial dress. This appears to be a sacred fire ritual being performed in silent sitting.2007-02-07A photograph of an open dry field where many people sit in white clothing, each seated on a low brick or stone beside a shallow circular fire pit with smouldering ash and smoke. Most participants wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, with white or dark cloths wrapped over their heads and faces, and some hold small pots or cups. Bare trees, a low white wall and a distant building stand in the background under a hazy sky.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a large group of people seated around small circular fire pits in a dusty open ground, with smoke rising across the scene. Most wear white clothing, some with white head wraps and a few with red headcloths or red garments. The foreground figure, in a white shirt and white trousers with a white cloth on the head, sits on a concrete block beside a smoldering pit. Behind them a large red-roofed building and palm trees are visible under a dawn or dusk sky. A logo appears in the top left corner.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated figure at the centre of a dry, open outdoor ground. A woman in white clothing with an orange-bordered shawl wraps her head and lower face in white cloth, sits cross-legged with hands folded in her lap on a mound of earth inside a circular ring of blackened, burnt ash. Scattered charred logs and blackened fire sites surround her. Behind her, around a dozen other people in white clothes sit on the ground in a similar seated posture, each beside their own small fire pit, with plastic pails and buckets scattered among them. A red-walled building and stacked sand mounds appear in the background. No a person candidate is visible.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual on bare dusty ground at dusk. Many participants in white clothing sit on red bricks around small smouldering fire pits, with smoke rising. Their faces and heads are covered with white and coloured cloths, some with blindfolds. A woman in the foreground wears a grey shawl, white garments and a white face cloth, sitting beside a fire pit. Behind her, a person in an orange wrap and another in a maroon shawl sit near the pits. Piles of earth and a brick building stand in the background. Sandals rest on the ground nearby.2007-02-07Outdoor photo of a dusty open ground at a fire-ritual session, with many people seated on low brick blocks in rows. In the foreground a woman in white clothes and a white face mask sits on a brick near a smoking fire pit, wearing a white shawl and a pendant necklace. Behind her, others in white, including one in an orange head wrap and one in a maroon wrap, sit on bricks. Some wear white cloth face coverings and head wraps. Unfinished concrete buildings and sand piles stand in the background, with a few plastic containers and sandals on the ground.2007-02-07