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Outdoor photograph on bare dirt and grass beside a red brick wall. In the foreground a young man in white shirt and white dhoti stands facing right, one arm bent, above a stack of folded cushions or pads on concrete blocks. Behind him a row of women in white salwar-style and sari clothing, some with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, stand watching. On the right, a bald man in white kurta and white dhoti wears an orange saffron shawl and a lanyard, with several young men in white clothing standing beside him.

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October 01 20072007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01Outdoor photo on bare reddish earth beside a green-roofed building. A young man in white clothes kneels and breaks terracotta tiles stacked between two grey stone blocks, with broken tile pieces scattered on the ground. Behind him stands a bald man in white with a saffron-orange stole and an ID lanyard, watching. A large crowd of people in white clothes, several women in white saris and some in saffron-yellow, stands in a line along the left and right, many with hands folded. A small child in a white shirt and red beads crouches at the lower right. Overcast sky above.Outdoor photo on bare dirt ground in front of a red-walled building with a green corrugated curved roof and palm trees behind a grey wall. A young man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a red cord stands centre, hands clasped, between two stone blocks topped by a broken roof tile. Around him, a large group of youths and women in white clothing with red-cord necklaces stand in lines; one young man on the right wears an orange shawl over white. A small child in a brown outfit stands at the lower right.2007-10-01October 02 20112011-10-02July 19 20102010-07-19A photograph of an outdoor ritual under a open tent canopy on grass. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing gold bangles. Beside him women in white saris with gold borders and orange-saffron garments sit before low stacked brick platforms set with brass vessels, brass lamps, bowls of yellow flowers and plates of petals and offerings. Behind them rows of seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill a mat-covered ground, with onlookers standing in the background among trees and parked vehicles.2008-11-11Outdoor ashram scene with a bald man in white dhoti and white kurta holding a long staff, walking barefoot on paved tiles beside a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala. Behind them, men in white clothes, several with yellow shawls, stand or walk in a line toward a row of small fire pits with ash marks on bare ground. A white and red-striped platform stands at left. Palm trees and small white buildings with red doors and tin roofs fill the background.2010-07-11October 01 20072007-10-01Outdoor photograph of a firewalking ritual at a dirt-floored ground with palm trees and low tiled buildings behind. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with gold borders stands in a shallow pit of yellow liquid. A man in a white dhoti and kurta with a folded white cloth over his shoulder and a distinctive shaved, topknot-styled head walks away from a dark glowing fire trench on the right. Around them a crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing, some wearing rudraksha-style malas, stand on blue tarpaulin. A man in the center has long hair, an orange shawl and white kurta. Roughly fifteen people visible.2007-02-14Outdoor photo of a fire-walking event at an ashram in daylight. A long pit of glowing grey embers runs across dry earth, and an older man in white dhoti with an orange-edged cloth is walking barefoot across it. Around him a crowd of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis line both sides, many with hands raised or outstretched toward him. A man in the foreground right wears a rudraksha mala and a white shirt, and another devotee at right holds a tag on his chest. Behind them stand women in light saris, a red-roofed building, palm trees and a red flag on a pole. No one in the crowd has a visible face-identified role beyond devotee; the walker is a devotee performing the fire walk.2006-07-12