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Night photograph of a fire ritual at an outdoor site. In the foreground a young person in a saffron-orange wrap sits cross-legged on a low wooden plank, hands resting in the lap, while a curved line of burning fire glows along the ground beside them. Behind, a few people in pale, light-coloured robes stand or sit in the darkness, one walking past with a bundle. The scene is lit almost entirely by the orange flames.

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August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Night photograph of a fire ritual lit in warm orange tones. A young man with short dark hair sits cross-legged on the ground in front of a fire of burning logs, wearing a saffron-orange robe with a wrap and hands folded in his lap. Behind him, standing figures in orange and ochre robes are partly visible, one wearing a rudraksha mala. Small flames flicker at the left edge and bottom left. The setting is dark outdoors with scattered wood. a person is not clearly identifiable here; the seated young man is a devotee participant.2006-08-17Night photograph of a fire ritual at an outdoor ashram site. Several fire trenches burn in rows across dark ground. A seated figure in white clothing sits beside a flaming trench, with flames lighting the ground around him. Standing nearby, a person in white robes holds a long implement, and a figure in a red-orange garment stands to the right by another fire. Further back, more seated and standing people in white are partly visible in the glow of the fires. This appears to be a homa or fire offering performed by devotees; no readable text appears in the scene itself.2006-08-17Night 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.2006-08-19A shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes sits with eyes closed amid a dense orange haze, with bright flames running along the ground beside him and a flame streak rising at upper right. A figure in orange cloth stands partly visible behind him. The person is seated in a meditative posture, and the image is dominated by warm orange and yellow tones. A copyright notice appears at lower right.2006-08-17Night-time photograph of a ring-shaped fire ritual on bare sandy ground. Glowing embers and small flames burn along a dark circular trench. A young woman in white clothes and an orange-red shawl sits cross-legged on a mat inside the ring, eyes closed, hands resting on her knees. Behind her, further rings of fire and other seated figures in white are faintly visible in the dim background.2006-08-19Night photo of a ritual scene outdoors at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with several small fires burning on the ground. A person in a reddish-orange robe sits cross-legged at the lower left, lit by the flames. Other seated figures and a standing figure holding a long pole or staff are visible in the dark background among the scattered fires. Darkness covers most of the frame.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Night 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.2006-08-19Night outdoor fire ritual. A ring of burning fire pits glows orange around a central seated figure in white robes and a beaded necklace who sits cross-legged in meditation. In the foreground a monastic in saffron-brown robes sits with his back to the camera facing the flames. Other seated figures in white and saffron are scattered among smaller fire pits, and a standing figure in white stands at the upper left. Smoke drifts through the dark scene.2006-08-17