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Outdoor photograph of a group of people seated on sandy ground during a fire ritual at an ashram, with small smoking fires laid out in rows between them. In the foreground a young person with shaved head and a tilak on the forehead sits cross-legged in a saffron-orange robe with eyes closed. Behind him, others in white clothes sit in meditation, and a few in pale pink or white wraps sit on the ground amid thin wisps of smoke. A stone wall and more seated people appear in the background.

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Outdoor photograph of a monastic training ritual at an ashram, with many people seated on the ground inside circular fire rings of burnt wood and embers. A young man in the foreground wears an orange shawl over white clothes and sits cross-legged in front of a smouldering ring, with smoke rising around him. Other seated men wear white garments and orange shawls; one standing figure in white holds a long stick near a small fire. Smoke hangs over the sandy ground. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesAugust 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a monastic training session at an ashram in red earth. Several seated participants sit around small circular fire pits with smouldering logs and smoke rising. Foreground figures wear white robes and a man in the centre wears white with a shawl. Two figures on the right wear saffron/orange robes and sit cross-legged. Behind them, a row of standing and seated people in white and saffron clothing watch beside a stacked pile of bricks and a red-walled building with laundry on a line. A white car is parked at left. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present; participants are dressed in white and saffron.2006-08-18Outdoor 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.2006-08-17Outdoors 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 18 20062006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor 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.2006-08-17