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Outdoor ritual scene at a sandy ground with a trench of dark ash and charred material in the foreground, with fresh flower petals scattered. A woman with long dark hair wearing a flowing orange saffron garment and a heavy gold necklace walks barefoot across the earth, holding an orange cloth. Beside her a man in a white shirt and white dhoti pours water from a red bucket onto the ground. A figure in an orange shawl on the left holds a brass tray of flowers, and a woman in a lime-green top and white dhoti stands nearby. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white and cream saris with gold borders stand with palms pressed together in namaskar under a white tent and palm trees.

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December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31July 07 20092009-07-07 +2 copiesFebruary 14 20072007-02-14July 07 20092009-07-07December 31 20082008-12-31July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesDecember 31 20082008-12-31A photograph of a firewalk ritual on bare earth. A figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair walks barefoot across a pit of glowing embers and blackened coals, holding a golden ceremonial implement in one hand. Beside the pit is a shallow pool of yellow liquid. Behind, a line of people in white traditional clothes, several women with long dark hair and necklaces, stand watching, some holding bundles of straw. Blue tarpaulin, metal pots and jugs sit at the left edge, and a white structure is visible in the background.2007-02-14Outdoor 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.2007-02-14December 31 20082008-12-31