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Outdoors on bare reddish-brown earth, two men in white ritual clothes and orange shawls sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark dung cakes and burning wood. The foreground man, seated with hands in lap, has a clay bowl of ash or offering beside him, while a second man sits in a smaller ring behind him. Small flames rise along the rings. There are no clearly visible distinctive a person cues such as long hair, crown, saffron robes or malas, so the identity cannot be confirmed.

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August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on bare sandy ground inside a circular ring of blackened, partly burnt logs, with small flames burning along the ring. He wears white clothes and an orange shawl draped over his shoulders, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace at his neck, and has his eyes lowered. A small terracotta dish with ash or powder sits beside him. Another person in white stands behind, and a second fire ring is visible in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with several men in white dhotis and shawls seated in circular enclosures outlined with stones and bark, each holding a small flame. In the foreground a young man with a tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged with palms joined, a small clay dish with a dark offering beside him. Behind him a man in white wears an orange shawl, and at the top right a standing attendant in white holds a cloth. Small fires burn along the enclosure rims.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoors on bare reddish earth, a young man in white kurta and dhoti sits cross-legged in meditation with hands folded in his lap, inside a ring of partly burned wooden logs whose ends glow with small flames. A clay bowl holding ash or powder sits on a mat before him. Another man in white sits at the left edge of the frame beside a second ring of burning wood. Scattered grass and a broken brick wall appear behind. The setting suggests a fire ritual or homa during ashram brahmacharya training, with no visible a person figure.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Three seated men in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls sit in meditative posture on sandy ground inside concentric rings of stones and burning logs that form a fire circle. A small clay dish sits beside the front figure, and the nearest man has curly hair and eyes closed. Dry grass, bushes and trees lie beyond the fire rings in an outdoor setting, consistent with a homa-style fire ritual. No candidate for the page's a person is clearly distinguishable by the required cues, so the appearance is uncertain and all three are described by role as devotees.2006-08-17Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground at a monastic training gathering. Several white-clad men sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark dung cakes, with small flames and smoke rising from the edges. The central figure in the foreground wears a white kurta and dhoti with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed, with a clay bowl of offering beside him. Other seated men in white, some with orange-red shawls, are visible in the background fire rings. A pale wall lies behind. No identifiable a person figure is visible; the men appear to be trainee brahmacharis performing a fire ritual.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17