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Outdoor fire ritual on bare sandy ground at an ashram. Several small circular fire pits are ringed with logs and dung cakes, with flames and smoke rising. A young man in white kurta and dhoti sits cross-legged in the foreground, eyes lowered, wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind him a woman in white with an orange shawl sits by a fire, and another woman in white sits near a small offering dish with flame. Further back, a woman in orange sits on a raised platform beside a white-robed attendant, and white-clad devotees stand and sit around the site, one holding a tray aloft. A white plastic chair and red mat sit at the left edge, with brick stacks behind. Five to six people are visible.

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August 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.2006-08-17August 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.2006-08-17Outdoors 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 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photograph of a monastic training practice on bare reddish earth. In the foreground a young man in white robes and an orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged in meditation inside a ring of burning logs, with a small clay bowl of offerings beside him. Behind him, several more white-clad trainees sit in similar fire rings, some wearing orange shawls, and a man in white with an orange cloth walks past carrying a long stick. A smoky haze hangs over the ground and a small structure stands in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor 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.2006-08-17