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Night-time fire-walking ritual at a temple ground. A woman in a white sari with hands pressed together in prayer walks barefoot along a long bed of glowing grey embers, a path lined with wooden poles. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts and women in saris stand along both sides, watching; a small boy in a striped shirt walks on the embers behind her, and a blue bucket sits at the lower left.

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December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30Outdoor fire-walking event at an ashram. A young woman in a white sari with a coloured border walks barefoot along a long trench of glowing grey embers, palms pressed together in prayer. Around the trench stand devotees in white kurtas and dhotis and white saris, with a woman in an orange sari at left and a man in white with a long bamboo pole at right. A red-roofed building and palm trees appear behind the crowd. No readable signage is visible. a person's presence is not identifiable by appearance in this frame.2006-07-12December 30 20062006-12-30Night-time photograph of a fire-walking ritual. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks barefoot across a long pit of glowing embers, hands pressed together in prayer. Devotees in white clothes line both sides of the pit, many holding up cameras or phones. Bamboo poles act as barriers, and a lit kalasha or ritual structure appears in the background, with a white canopy above the crowd.2006-12-30Night-time fire-walking ritual in an open outdoor space. A child in a blue-and-white striped shirt and khaki shorts walks barefoot along a long trench of glowing grey embers, arms outstretched for balance. Around the pit, men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with bare arms, stand with bamboo poles and wooden staves, while women in white saris watch from the right edge. A bald man in a white shirt stands at the front with hands clasped in prayer. A blue bucket sits at the lower left corner. No figure matching a person's appearance is clearly visible, so no identity is asserted.2006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30