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Night-time photograph of a sacred fire ritual on open sandy ground. Several small fires burn in separate circular pits, with flames and smoke rising behind them. Many people sit cross-legged in white clothing around the fire pits, some facing the flames, and a few stand near the smoke in the background. A striped red-and-white barrier and a low wall are visible at the back left. The scene suggests a homa or yagna gathering, with white-clad participants seated at each fire.

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Night-time photograph of a ritual ground at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with many seated participants arranged in rows on raised sandy mounds. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts or wraps, and a few have orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Each sits before a small lamp or offering, with fire and smoke rising at the left edge and dark scorched ground marks around the mounds. Other people stand and move in the background near a lit structure. Several figures hold small flames or offerings. The scene suggests a fire-based puja or homa ceremony with individual sadhaks. Roughly two dozen to thirty people are visible, all seated or standing in the ritual field.2006-08-19Night-time photograph of a large outdoor fire ritual on bare ground. Many small fires burn in shallow pits across the field, with smoke drifting through the scene. Several people sit cross-legged behind the flames; in the foreground a figure in light, loose clothing and a head covering sits upright near a burning pit. Other seated participants are visible in the distance, lit by the fires and a bright lamp at upper right. The scene suggests a homa or yagna with small fire pits.2006-08-19A night scene of a monastic training homa at an outdoor ground. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged within small circular fire pits, with flames and smoke rising around them. The foreground figure wears white with an orange-brown shawl draped over one shoulder and sits facing away from the camera. Other seated participants in white fill the rows behind, with a fence line in the background.2006-08-18August 19 20062006-08-19August 19 20062006-08-19August 19 20062006-08-19Night outdoor ritual on bare reddish earth lit by small fires. Several people in white or cream clothing sit cross-legged in rows across the ground, some with eyes closed in meditation, while others stand at the edge near a small illuminated structure. Smoke and steam drift through the scene, and small burning fire pits sit in front of the seated participants. A small tree silhouette stands in the background. No prominent figure in saffron or ornate dress is clearly identifiable in the frame.2006-08-19August 19 20062006-08-19Night photo of a fire ritual at an open-air ground, with small flames burning in a scattered pattern across the dark earth. In the foreground, a woman in a white shawl and white cloth sits cross-legged in front of a large fire pit, hands folded, eyes lowered. Behind her, several other people in white and light-coloured clothing sit in meditative postures beside their own small fires, with a few more standing at the edges. Buildings with lights are faintly visible in the background. The setting suggests a homa or fire-based meditation practice.2006-08-19Night photograph of an open dusty ground where many people in white clothes sit cross-legged in a wide field, most in small circular clearings marked in the earth. A few wear saffron or red shawls over white. Small oil lamps glow at the left edge and a bright blue light stands near a distant building at right. Several people are seated in front, with others faintly visible further back in the darkness.2006-08-19Night photograph of an outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground. Rows of small clay oil lamps glow along the earth, and several seated participants in white dhoti-style clothing with orange-saffron shawls sit in lines, facing the flames. In the foreground, a young man in white with an orange shawl sits cross-legged near the lamps. A small fire burns at left, and a lit white-walled building with a bright light stands at right. The scene reads as an evening lamp-lighting or sadhana session; the lamps are oil lamps, and no particular deity is shown. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-08-19August 19 20062006-08-19