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A photograph of an outdoor fire pit dug into reddish earth at a temporary camp, with white tarpaulin-covered shelters and palm trees behind. Smoke rises from a long trench filled with glowing embers and grey ash. Several people in white dhotis and shirts stand around it, using long wooden poles to tend the fire, while one person in an orange robe, possibly a sannyasi, stands among them. A seated person in white rests on a blue plastic chair at the back, and a few buckets sit near the trench. This appears to be a fire ritual being prepared or performed.

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December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A photograph of an open-air fire trench on dusty red earth beside white tarpaulin-covered sheds and palm trees. Five men in white dhotis and shirts work around the trench, using long poles to tend burning wood and embers, while smoke rises at the right. One man in an orange-saffron robe stands near the centre with a pole, and a red and a blue bucket sit at the edge. The scene looks like preparation for a fire ritual.2008-12-31A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual on reddish-brown earth beside a small whitewashed structure with steps and palm trees behind. Smoke drifts across the scene. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends over a fire pit, using a long-handled metal rod to tend burning logs and embers. A second man in white, wearing a dark cord, stands beside him, and a third man in white stands further back. A standing figure in white with an orange-saffron shawl over the shoulder watches at left, with a metal bucket on the ground nearby. The page indicates a Brahmacharya training event, but no clear a person candidate is identifiable from appearance here.2006-08-18August 19 20062006-08-19Outdoor scene at a dirt-floored training ground with a large wood fire burning in the foreground, flames and glowing embers rising from a pile of logs. Behind it, a line of men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls stand watching, one holding a long pole with a purple emblem. In the centre, a man in an orange robe and orange turban stands on a low brick platform beside the fire, and a man in white with an orange shawl walks across the embers near him. A cameraman in white and orange stands at right, with a brick wall, a metal frame and trees in the background.2006-08-18July 08 20102010-07-08December 31 20082008-12-31Outdoors on a bare reddish-brown earth clearing ringed by palm trees, a large wood fire burns in the foreground with tall orange flames and smoke rising. Three men in plain white ritual clothing tend the fire: one in the left-center holds a long-handled tool, another beside him in white bends over the fire, and a third man in white stands at the far right edge. Several shallow circular ground patterns surround the fire area, and a utility pole and low wall appear in the background. Fire pits with offerings like this may be a homa or yagna, but no ritual is visible in detail. No candidate for a person is visibly identifiable among the people.2006-08-18Outdoor photo of a ceremonial fire ground, a series of circular ash-blackened fire pits on sandy earth with charred wood and smoke rising. A man in white shirt and white dhoti sweeps the ashes of a pit with a long broom in the foreground. Behind him, a few people in white clothes stand near a small canopy with a red and white painted boundary wall and trees. A figure in saffron clothing stands near the canopy among them. Ashes and burnt logs cover the ground.2006-08-18August 20 20062006-08-20August 20 20062006-08-20