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Photograph of an indoor hall with bare concrete walls and a brick floor where men are gathered around a glowing red-hot crucible or metal pot set on the ground, held by a curved iron stand with a long iron rod across it. A man in a white t-shirt and checked lungi stands at left with his forearms bandaged in white and a red wrap on one hand, while another man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands at right. Several young men in white t-shirts and lungis stand behind, some holding long poles, and a man in saffron-orange robes kneels at left filming with a video camera. A cameraman in a white shirt and jeans is also filming. Fire glows at right edge. The scene appears to show a fire-walking or hot-metal ritual preparation.

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Outdoor-style covered hall with a corrugated roof and a dirt floor where a fire pit burns with glowing embers and flames. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts and men in saffron-orange dhotis with shawls stand and crouch around the fire, some holding long rods to tend it. A dense crowd of people in white clothes stands behind, with photographers at the back. A woman in a red-orange sari and a man in a grey cap stand at the right. Ritual homa or yagna fire setting with devotees.2014-08-24July 29 20132013-07-29August 24 20142014-08-24Night ritual under a corrugated metal roof with a brick wall behind. In the foreground a glowing red-hot clay vessel sits on a dark stone beside an open fire on bare earth. A row of men in white dhotis and white shirts stands behind it, one in an ochre-brown robe with a gold-bordered cloth, another with a rudraksha mala, bare-chested with a white cloth over the shoulder. Men in white and in saffron-orange robes stand nearby, with a few onlookers in the background. A man at right in white holds an object and gestures. The scene suggests a homa or fire offering.2013-09-04Two men work at an outdoor metal-casting area with a glowing crucible. The man on the left wears a white t-shirt, checked lungi-style cloth and bandaged forearms, and holds a long iron handle with the crucible of molten metal. The man on the right, in a white t-shirt with a logo and plaid lungi, pulls the other end of the handle near the bright orange molten metal. A small child stands at the right edge, and a fire burns on the ground at left against a whitewashed wall.2014-08-24Night photo of a metalworking scene outdoors beside a brick wall. A tall flame rises from a crucible on a clay ground, and several men work with long iron rods around it. On the left, a man in a white shirt and pink-red lungi grips a rod. Beside him, a shirtless man in a dark vest and checked lungi holds a rod, and a man in a white t-shirt works nearby. On the right, a bare-backed figure in saffron-orange cloth with gold borders stands with hands on hips, and other people in white shirts and saffron cloth watch in the background.2013-09-16September 04 20132013-09-04A dim brick-walled workshop with an earthen floor shows a molten metal pour in progress. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left, bent over a crucible glowing bright orange-red on the ground, while a bare-chested worker in a striped shirt and white dhoti holds a long iron rod across it. Small clay lamps with flames line the crucible's edge. Behind them, a group of onlookers stands watching, including two women in orange and red saris. A metal basin and sacks lie against the wall. The scene appears to be a traditional metal casting.2013-07-29Men work at a foundry, pouring molten metal from a crucible held with long iron tongs into a mould beside a bright orange furnace fire in a dusty earthen floor workshop. Several men in white t-shirts and checked lungis, one with a bare-chested upper body, handle the tongs and a bellows-like mould box. On the left a standing man in a dark red dhoti with a gold border and a long gold-beaded necklace watches the work. Smoke rises from the pour and a ladder leans against the whitewashed wall.2014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24September 21 20142014-09-21October 05 20132013-10-05