Photograph of a fire-walking pit at close range. Burning logs with bright orange flames sit on a bed of grey ash and charcoal in a shallow earthen trench with mud walls. Smoke rises at the top of the frame, and faint white kolam-style patterns are drawn on the ground in the background. No people are visible in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a fire-walking pit at close range. Burning logs with bright orange flames sit on a bed of grey ash and charcoal in a shallow earthen trench with mud walls. Smoke rises at the top of the frame, and faint white kolam-style patterns are drawn on the ground in the background. No people are visible in the scene.

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