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Outdoors on sandy ground, several people sit in white clothing before circular fire pits lined with burning logs and embers, with smoke rising. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing a white garment and a beaded mala, sits cross-legged within a ring fire, hands pressed together in prayer, with a small clay bowl of offerings beside him. Other participants in white and saffron-coloured clothing sit at fire rings behind him, and an umbrella and a tent appear at the left. The scene suggests a homa or yagna during a training gathering.

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August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo of a homa-style fire ritual on bare sandy ground. A young man in white kurta and white dhoti with an orange shawl sits cross-legged at the centre of a circular fire pit lined with clay-coloured logs or dung cakes, with small flames burning around the rim. He holds a dish of ash or powder in one hand and gestures toward the fire. Several other fire rings are arranged nearby, with more participants in white and orange sitting around them, some in the background wearing white robes and orange shawls. A small white brick and a wooden stick lie in the foreground.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a single young man seated cross-legged on bare sandy ground inside a circular ring of charred logs with small flames burning along its edge, a fire-ring practice such as a homa or ritual fire setup. He wears a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti and a rudraksha mala around his neck, with eyes closed and hands resting on his knees, smoke drifting around him. Other similar fire rings with seated figures in white are partly visible in the background.2006-08-17Outdoors on bare reddish-brown earth, young men in white kurta-style clothes sit cross-legged inside circular rings of stones or logs, each ringed by small flames, with smoke drifting in the air. Several men wear orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. The central man sits with hands folded in his lap, eyes lowered, in what appears to be a fire-ring meditation or homa-style training exercise. Five or six similar rings with seated practitioners extend into the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor ritual on bare reddish earth at a training convention. Several circular fire rings made of dung cakes and wooden sticks burn with open flames around their edges. A woman in white draped clothing sits cross-legged with palms pressed together inside the foreground ring, with a small brass vessel beside her. Behind her, other seated participants in white and one person in an orange-brown wrap stand or sit among more fire rings, with a smoky haze in the background. A man in white with a white cloth over his shoulder kneels at the far right. Canopies and a speaker sit in the background.2006-08-17Outdoors on bare sandy ground, several young men in white dhotis and orange shawls sit cross-legged inside circular fire pits edged with burning wood logs, with smoke rising across the scene. In the foreground a seated young man in white with an orange shawl sits beside a small clay bowl of offerings, while a standing man in an orange dhoti and shawl, barefoot and with long dark hair, tends the fire with a long iron rod. Behind them more participants in white and orange sit around other fire rings, with a tin-roofed building and palm trees in the background.2006-08-17