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A young woman in white ritual clothes with a yellow-edged border sits cross-legged on bare red earth inside a circular ring of burning wood logs, hands folded in her lap, eyes lowered in meditation. A wooden ladle or ritual spoon lies beside her on the ground, and a dark mala of beads hangs at her neck over a black waist sash. Behind her a short section of brick wall, a parked silver SUV and a small concrete planter sit in the open ashram yard. The flames and fire ring suggest a ritual fire practice, though no specific rite is clearly visible.

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Outdoor scene on bare sandy ground showing a young woman seated cross-legged in white clothes with an orange shawl, hands resting in her lap, in the centre of a circular ring of burning logs with flames rising along its edge. A small bowl sits beside her on a mat. Behind her, another woman in white sits at a second fire ring, and a man in orange robes walks past in the background. A small table with cloth and a microphone stand appear at the far left. This appears to be a fire-ring practice from a training event, with no clearly identifiable a person figure visible.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.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a single seated woman meditating at the centre of a ring of burning logs and dung cakes on bare sandy ground outdoors. She wears a white garment with a yellow border and an orange shawl draped over her shoulders, and has a forehead mark and hair pulled back. Small flames flicker along the ring, and a clay bowl sits beside her on the ground. Green grass and a pipe stand appear at the upper left. No portrait or a person candidate is visible.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo at an open dirt ground with palm trees and parked cars behind. Two people in plain white clothes sit cross-legged inside large circular fire pits ringed with partly burned logs; smoke rises from the ground, and a small fire burns at the right edge. The woman in front has her hair tied back, wears a white garment with a yellow border and a beaded necklace, and sits with eyes closed and hands resting on her lap. A second person in white sits in the left pit. Laundry hangs on a line in the background. No deity murti or throne is visible; the setting suggests a fire ritual or meditation practice.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoors on bare reddish earth, people sit cross-legged inside circular fire pits outlined with dung cakes and sticks, each ring lit by small flames. In the foreground a young woman in white clothes with a white shawl sits with eyes closed and hands joined, while behind her a woman in white sits in a similar ring. Several other seated people in white clothing appear in the background rings and a man in white walks past at upper right. A purple cushion sits under the foreground woman.2006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18A woman sits cross-legged with eyes closed at the centre of a circular ring of dark charred logs on bare orange earth, forming a fire pit for a homa. She wears a white cloth with an orange shawl draped over her shoulders and holds a small clay bowl. Smoke rises around her, and other fire rings with white-clad participants are visible in the background.2006-08-17Outdoor photograph of a monastic training homa at an open dirt ground, with two people in plain white sacred clothing seated cross-legged inside circular rings of burnt earth and charred wood. In the foreground a woman with hair pulled back and a white garment sits with eyes closed, a small fire burning at the side of her ring. A second seated figure in white is visible in the left background beside smoke rising from another fire pit. Palm trees, clotheslines with hanging white cloth and parked cars surround the site under an overcast sky.2006-08-18