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Outdoor fire ritual on bare earth at a rural ashram, with several people seated cross-legged around small smouldering wood fires, smoke rising. Seated devotees wear white dhotis and white shawls, while some wear saffron/orange robes, including a young seated figure in orange at centre and another in orange at right. Standing devotees in white clothes watch from behind; a red-trimmed building with a green corrugated roof, stacked bricks, a small table with white cloth and a white SUV are visible. The scene suggests a homa or yagna-style fire ceremony, with fire pits and smoke clearly visible.

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Outdoor fire ritual on bare dirt ground at an ashram. Many seated participants in white clothes sit in separate circular rings of stones or clay, each with a small flame burning at its edge, indicating a homa-style fire practice. A standing figure on the right wears a long orange-saffron robe with bare arms and short grey hair, and another person in white bends forward in the background. A red-walled building with a tin roof, stacked bricks, a parasol and a parked car sit behind the group, with laundry hung on a line at left. Several participants appear to be meditating with eyes closed. A tripod-mounted camera stands at the left edge.2006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photograph at dusk of a row of seated men in white dhotis and white kurtas, many wearing orange shawls or sashes, meditating in a sandy courtyard. Several small fires burn in circular or ring-shaped beds of ash and embers on the ground in front of them. Men in white walk and tend the fires in the background, and white plastic chairs, a parked silver SUV, a green-roofed shed and trees surround the area. A loudspeaker stands among the seated participants.2006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a monastic training session at an ashram in red earth. Several seated participants sit around small circular fire pits with smouldering logs and smoke rising. Foreground figures wear white robes and a man in the centre wears white with a shawl. Two figures on the right wear saffron/orange robes and sit cross-legged. Behind them, a row of standing and seated people in white and saffron clothing watch beside a stacked pile of bricks and a red-walled building with laundry on a line. A white car is parked at left. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present; participants are dressed in white and saffron.2006-08-18A photograph of a monastic training gathering at an outdoor site with smoke drifting over bare, sandy ground. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats in rows, with small glowing fires and embers scattered before them. A few seated men wear saffron or orange shawls over white garments, and a seated young man in the foreground wears a white dhoti with a white shawl edged in red. A red-roofed building and stacked bricks stand in the background. The scene resembles a homa or fire ritual among trainees.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor homa ritual on bare earth at an ashram compound. Many people sit cross-legged in white clothes inside circular rings of dung cakes and sticks, each with a small flame burning at its centre. In the foreground a woman in white with a red bindi sits in front of a small clay bowl. Behind her, several people wear saffron-orange shawls; one man in an orange robe with long hair walks past a row of seated participants carrying a staff. A red building, a stack of bricks, a tripod and a parked silver car are visible in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo at dusk of many men seated cross-legged in white dhotis and white kurtas on reddish earth, each inside a ring of smouldering embers and charred sticks that glow orange. The foreground man in the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl and sits on a woven mat with hands folded in his lap. Behind him, rows of other seated men in white and orange shawls, some with rudraksha-style necklaces, continue across the ground, with a few standing figures in white at the edges. A small brick building and a parked vehicle appear in the background. The scene resembles a fire-circle meditation or homa-style practice.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18