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A photograph of an outdoor firewalk tapas session on bare earth beside a blue mat. A standing figure with long dark hair wears a loose saffron-orange wrap and bare feet, holding a long staff or rod, facing away from the camera. Around him, many seated participants in white clothes with dark beaded necklaces sit cross-legged on blue tarpaulins, several holding bundles of dry straw and one with a golden trident-shaped staff across her lap. Behind them are a white-walled utility building, a pink building, piles of earth and gravel, and tall trees. Visible white-clad attendants stand at the back. The figure's appearance matches the page's a person reference only partly, so identity is uncertain.

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Outdoor photograph of a ceremony on bare earth at an ashram. A long-haired man in a flowing orange-saffron robe, barefoot, walks in front of a seated crowd and holds a golden trident-shaped staff. Behind him, around two dozen devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged on blue tarpaulins, many holding bundles of dry straw. A white building, a pink building with notice boards, a sand heap and stacked grey stones form the background, with palm trees and a parked motorbike.2007-02-14Outdoor firewalk ceremony at an ashram compound with palm trees, pink single-storey buildings and a pile of cut grey stones behind. A barefoot figure in a long orange-saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair walks along a bare earth path beside a dark ash-covered fire trench, holding a long golden-yellow pole across the shoulders. Nearby seated devotees in white ritual clothes, some women in white saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas, sit on blue tarpaulins holding straw bundles and watching. a person candidate with compatible cues is walking the fire path; the role is firewalk participant. A white sign-like frame sits at the right edge without readable text.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor satsang session with a seated speaker in the foreground, viewed from behind, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over bare shoulders and long dark hair, seated on a white-draped low platform on a patterned leopard-print cloth. A microphone on a stand is in front of him. Facing him, a large seated crowd in white clothes sits on colourful striped and blue mats on sandy ground; several women wear red or red-and-beige shawls, some men wear blue or white garments, and some people wear white shirts with name badges. A tree trunk stands at right. The speaker appears to be Swamiji (probable), identified by the long hair, orange shawl and bare shoulders, seated as the speaker in a question-and-answer discourse.2005-12-19February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14July 23 20102010-07-23Outdoor firewalk ritual at an ashram on bare sandy ground beside a palm-lined grove and low red-roofed buildings. A central figure in long dark hair and a saffron-orange wrap walks barefoot past a pit of glowing embers, with a long bamboo pole held horizontally across his path. Men in white dhotis and orange shoulder cloths flank him; one carries a brass ceremonial vessel with a long handle and another holds a metal pot. A yellow-filled ritual pit sits in the foreground beside the dark ember pit. Seated devotees in white clothes with rudraksha malas sit on blue tarpaulin, several holding bundles of straw, and a large pile of stones lies behind them.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14August 18 20062006-08-18A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair sits on a white-covered cushioned seat with a patterned red and gold cloth, a wooden staff resting on a striped mat before him. Around him, devotees in white clothes and white-and-orange sashes stand and sit on the ground; a girl in a gold-toned dress with a small medallion sits in the foreground, and an older woman in a floral top sits at left. Some people wear rudraksha-style necklaces. Small colourful decorative items lie at the bottom edge.2006-12-31