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Night photograph of a fire-walking ritual (thimithi) on sandy ground. Glowing red embers and grey ash cover the path in the foreground, scattered with purple flower petals. Several pairs of bare feet step across the path; one person in a dark maroon dhoti with a white garland and a long wooden staff walks in the centre, while others in white dhotis and a sleeveless white top stand behind. A stone step and a yellow turmeric or powder line lie in the background. The image is a close, cropped view of feet and embers, with no visible face.

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Night photograph of a fire-walking (thimithi) ritual on bare ground. Glowing red embers and ash fill the foreground. Several barefoot people stand at the edge, their legs and feet visible but faces cropped out. One central figure wears a dark maroon cloth, a white flower garland over the shoulders and carries a long dark pole or staff across the body. Others wear white dhotis or cloths with gold borders and a figure at left wears yellow-gold shorts and dark ankle ornaments. Small yellow turmeric or powder marks lie on the ground, with a few scattered flower petals among the coals.2018-01-03 +1 copiesNight photograph of a fire-walking ritual on bare ground. Glowing red embers and ash fill the lower foreground, with smoke rising at right. A man in a dark maroon garment and a long garland of white flowers stands at the edge, holding a tall twisted metal rod; his feet are bare beside a yellow-powdered strip on the ground. Several people in white dhotis with gold borders stand behind and to the right, their faces cropped out of frame. Scattered flower petals lie on the coals and a small lemon sits near the left edge.2018-01-03Night photo of a fire-walking ritual on dark earth. A glowing pit of embers runs across the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks across it at the centre. Around him, several people in orange and saffron robes, some with white-painted foreheads, stand close to the pit, and a line of white-clad devotees watches from the background. Smoke rises at the top left. A figure in orange cloth stands at the far left edge and a robed person appears at the right edge. The image is a dim, blurred photograph. The walker's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2013-04-03April 03 20132013-04-03April 03 20132013-04-03April 03 20132013-04-03Night photograph of a firewalking ritual on bare earth. A glowing bed of embers runs through a shallow trench in the foreground. Several saffron-robed monks with shaved heads stand at the edge; one in the right foreground leans forward, pointing toward the embers. A barefoot figure in orange cloth with gold border stands on the left. Behind them a crowd of onlookers in white and light clothing watches, some with garlands, and a rising smoke haze fills the dark background.2013-04-03August 20 20062006-08-20Night-time outdoor homa at a brick-walled open-sided shed. A central figure in a rust-orange and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, with a leopard-print headwrap and a white bandage on the right arm, stands at a small brick fire pit holding a flame-lit offering. Another man in a white dhoti and shirt holds a small bowl near the fire. Several onlookers in white and saffron clothing watch from the right side of the frame, and a red-and-white garland lies by the brick fire pit.2013-10-05December 30 20062006-12-30Night photograph of a fire-walking ritual on bare ground with a smouldering dark bed of ash and embers. A central figure with long dark hair, a red bindi, a rudraksha mala and a gold beaded garland over saffron-orange robes with yellow borders stands barefoot on a stone slab at the edge of the fire. Several saffron-robed sannyasis and a bald priest with white ash marks stand alongside, and a man in white dhoti and shirt holds his hands together to the right.2013-04-03August 20 20062006-08-20