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A photograph of a firewalking ritual outdoors on bare earth. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair and bare chest wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped at the waist and draped over the shoulder, stepping beside a shallow fire pit where glowing embers and straw lie. A seated row of devotees in white clothing sits along the left, some with hands joined. Behind them a white-washed wall with red vertical stripes and an orange banner stands beside stone steps, a microphone stand and a white-draped seat with footwear in front. A brass pot sits on the steps and a mat lies on the ground.

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Outdoor firewalk ritual at an ashram. A barefoot figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair stands at the edge of a shallow fire pit, extending one arm and scattering dry straw onto glowing embers and ash. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes sit on blue and green mats, some with hands joined. A large portrait in orange and red garments hangs on the whitewashed wall with red stripes, and a white-draped platform and steps are at right with a microphone stand. Brass vessels sit near the steps.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor firewalk ceremony at an ashram courtyard. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair and wrapped in an orange saffron cloth walks barefoot across a shallow trench of glowing embers. Beside them, a man in white ritual clothes and an orange shawl holds a tall golden staff. Behind them, a row of seated devotees in white clothing sit on blue mats. On the white wall at left hangs a large banner printed with a portrait of a smiling person in an orange turban and orange robe with beaded necklace, labelled as a portrait. A second figure in white stands on a raised platform at the back beside a deity murti and a red kalasha.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14A photograph of an outdoor firewalk pit, a long trench of glowing ash and charcoal with marigold petals scattered across it and a small flame near the centre. A barefoot figure in a long orange-saffron wrap with long swept-back hair stands at the pit's edge, hands extended toward the embers. Behind, a crowd of seated people in white clothes sits on a sandy ground, some with palms pressed together in prayer, some holding dry grass. A white-draped seat with a microphone stands on a platform of concrete steps, and a large poster of a smiling woman in orange hangs on the white wall. Visible cues suggest a firewalking ritual; some spectators are in saffron and maroon.2007-02-14A photograph of an outdoor firewalk pit, a long trench filled with glowing embers and ash scattered with yellow flowers. A man with long, swept-back hair stands at the left edge in an orange saffron dhoti and wrap, bare-chested, extending his arm over the pit. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on blue mats along the left, some holding bundles of straw. A white-draped seat and a microphone stand sit on a raised platform to the right, with a brass pot nearby. A large portrait of a woman in orange is painted on the wall behind, with red and white striped wall panels below. Dirt ground and dry straw surround the pit.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14A long-haired man in a loose orange-saffron robe stands at the edge of a shallow pit of glowing embers during a firewalk ritual, his back to the camera. Beside him a shaved-headed attendant in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a brass plate of yellow flowers and a tall gold-topped staff. Behind them a seated audience in white clothes sits on blue mats under a shelter, and a large portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban hangs on the white wall. A second attendant in white with an orange shawl stands at right near a small shrine.2007-02-14Outdoor firewalk ceremony at an ashram ground. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair and bare upper back, wearing an orange saffron wrap, reaches toward a smouldering pit of ash and embers with a handful of dry straw. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on blue mats and a red-and-white striped wall behind them. A large framed portrait of a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala hangs on the wall, and a white-draped seat sits on a platform with a microphone stand and a brass kalasha-like vessel on the steps to the right.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14