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Outdoor photo of a fire-walking preparation at an ashram. In the foreground a bed of ash and coals is strewn with flower petals. To the right, a man in orange robes with a red turban and a long garland of white flowers and pink blossoms stands facing the fire and gestures toward it. Behind him, several men in white dhotis with orange shawls hold brass plates of flowers and a metal vessel, and a crowd of onlookers in white and orange stands along a bamboo railing. A white temple wall with a painted deity image, banana leaves and orange flags forms the background.

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