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Outdoor photo at an ashram compound with a long green corrugated-roof hall behind a red-brick wall, small finials on the roof and a small flag. In the foreground, a row of men in white dhotis and white shirts carry white plastic containers and cans. Stacked white concrete blocks sit at left beside a striped blue, red and cream blanket draped over a low mound on sandy ground. Palm trees and an overcast sky fill the background. Several men stand in a line at right, some holding cups or containers.

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Outdoor scene on bare reddish-brown earth beside a green-roofed red building and a row of palm trees. In the foreground a rectangular brick fire pit with a blackened centre sits in front of a long object covered by a blue, orange and red striped cloth. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas stand in a loose line, some with hands folded or raised in prayer, while others hold items. A green plastic jerrycan and small white items rest nearby. The scene appears to be a homa or fire-ritual preparation. No a person candidate is visible.2006-09-05Outdoor photo at an earthen ground beside a green-roofed red building with palm trees behind. Several men in white ritual clothes, some with rudraksha or beaded necklaces, stand around a long low structure covered by a blue, red and cream striped cloth. One man in white in the left foreground holds white bricks, while others carry bricks and stand in a line on the right. A pile of white bricks lies in the lower left and a green plastic jerrycan sits beside the covered mound.2006-09-05July 12 20062006-07-12Outdoor homa ceremony at dusk on bare red earth. Many practitioners in white clothes with orange shawls sit on mats around small square brick fire pits, each with a small flame. In the foreground a man in white with an orange shawl holds a brass plate of burning offerings over a central brick fire pit, while a man at left presses his palms together beside stacked dried leaves. Behind them stands a long red building with a green corrugated roof and palm trees. A framed board and white-draped table with red and orange flowers sit at right.A wide outdoor photo of a dusty open ground at a ritual site, with many participants seated on low brick or cement platforms around small sunken fire pits containing ash and embers. Most are dressed in white clothing with white head coverings, and one seated figure in the foreground wears white with a white cloth over the head. A person in a red-maroon shawl sits near the center. Behind them stands a large red-walled building with a green corrugated roof and a small flag on top, flanked by palm and other trees. A figure in orange-saffron clothing stands among the group near the middle, but cannot be confidently identified from appearance. Smoke drifts over the scene in the late light.2007-02-07Outdoor ritual site at a rural compound with a red-brick building under a green metal roof, palm and tree line behind, and a flagpole with an orange flag. A row of circular ash-and-earth homa pits is laid out across dusty ground; one trench on the left has a bright fire burning with smoke, and a log and wooden fuel lie at the left edge. Several people in plain white dhotis and shirts stand in the background, while a figure in an orange saffron garment with bare upper body stands center near the fire, and another in white with an orange-bordered cloth stands nearby. A small truck is parked at left. The scene suggests a homa fire ritual during a convention.2006-08-20Outdoor photograph at dusk of a bare dirt ground in front of a large curved-roof red building with a row of small finials along its ridge and palm trees behind. Several people in plain white garments sit on the ground in a loose arrangement, some with white cloth wrapped over their heads, around small blackened fire pits and scattered ash. A lone figure in white stands near the center. A green bucket sits at the left edge. The sky is pale blue with thin clouds. No clear a person candidate is identifiable from appearance, so the figures are described by role and clothing only.2007-02-02 +1 copiesJuly 12 20062006-07-12A photograph of many participants in white clothes seated in a dusty open field at dawn, each beside a small brick-lined fire pit with low smoke rising from the pits. Several sit on raised brick platforms; most wear white garments, and a number have orange or saffron cloths tied on their heads or draped over shoulders, while one seated in the foreground wears a white headband and white clothes and sits with head bowed. Stacked firewood lies behind the pits, a large red-walled barn with a green curved roof stands at left, and tall trees and palms line the background. This appears to be a sacred fire ritual with participants seated at individual fire pits.2007-02-07August 20 20062006-08-20Outdoor photo of a sacred fire ritual on bare brown earth at an ashram. Many people sit cross-legged in small brick-lined fire pits, most dressed in white with white head coverings. A central seated figure wears a bright orange robe and sits on a brick platform beside a grey stone block, with a small fire smoking nearby. Another figure in a maroon robe sits near the centre. A large red-roofed hall with a green curved roof stands in the background beside palm and eucalyptus trees, under a pale blue sky.2007-02-07Men in plain white shirts and dhotis tend a brick-lined fire pit in an indoor hall at night, feeding sticks into a small burning fire. Two men in the foreground bend low over the pit, while others in white garments with lanyard badges stand around the edge, some with grey hair and beards. Tiled walls, windows and a fire extinguisher are visible behind them. The scene suggests a homa or yagna fire ritual. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.2006-12-17