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Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground at a monastic training gathering. Several white-clad men sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark dung cakes, with small flames and smoke rising from the edges. The central figure in the foreground wears a white kurta and dhoti with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed, with a clay bowl of offering beside him. Other seated men in white, some with orange-red shawls, are visible in the background fire rings. A pale wall lies behind. No identifiable a person figure is visible; the men appear to be trainee brahmacharis performing a fire ritual.

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Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with several men in white dhotis and shawls seated in circular enclosures outlined with stones and bark, each holding a small flame. In the foreground a young man with a tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged with palms joined, a small clay dish with a dark offering beside him. Behind him a man in white wears an orange shawl, and at the top right a standing attendant in white holds a cloth. Small fires burn along the enclosure rims.2006-08-17Outdoors on bare sandy ground at dawn or dusk, several people sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark logs, with small flames burning along the rims. In the foreground a young man in white shirt and white dhoti, with a beaded mala around his neck, sits eyes closed in meditation at the centre of a ring. Behind him, others in white clothes and orange-saffron shawls sit at similar fire rings, and more people in white move between the rings. Low smoke drifts over the scene; a tiled-roof building and a stone wall stand in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo of young men in white dhotis and white shawls seated cross-legged in meditation on bare sandy ground, each inside a circular ring of burning fire along the edge. The central young man in the foreground has eyes closed and hands in a mudra, with a folded cloth seat beneath him. Behind him, several more seated men in white clothing sit within similar fire rings, a few with orange-saffron stoles, while standing figures in white stand at the upper left. The scene appears to be a fire-ring meditation practice.2006-08-17Outdoor photo of a monastic training homa at an open dirt courtyard. Several seated practitioners in white ritual clothes sit beside circular fire pits ringed with dark cow-dung cakes and flaming wood; the fires burn low with smoke rising. In the foreground, a young man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees. Two women in white with orange shawls sit at the nearest fire rings. Behind, a bearded man in white stands near a stack of bricks, another seated figure wears an orange shawl, and a silver SUV is parked in the background. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on bare sandy ground inside a circular ring of blackened, partly burnt logs, with small flames burning along the ring. He wears white clothes and an orange shawl draped over his shoulders, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace at his neck, and has his eyes lowered. A small terracotta dish with ash or powder sits beside him. Another person in white stands behind, and a second fire ring is visible in the background.2006-08-17A photograph of a monastic trainee sitting cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded in meditation inside a ring of burning logs on bare reddish earth at an outdoor training site. The central figure wears a loose white kurta and white trousers with a rudraksha mala and a pendant. Behind, two more participants sit in similar fire rings, one in white with an orange shawl, and a figure in white stands at the edge tending the fire. A small offering dish sits beside the central figure. A dark speaker stands in the background.2006-08-17