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Outdoor fire-walking scene on bare dirt. In the foreground a bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a white kurta and white loose pants, stands barefoot at the edge of a dark pit of burnt embers, his body turned as he steps forward. Behind him a man in white with a saffron-orange shawl draped over his shoulder stands near the pit. A large crowd of around forty devotees in white and cream clothes, many wearing rudraksha-style neck malas, stands along the edge and on a blue tarp on the right; some are women in white saris and children. A bare-armed attendant at left reaches toward the pit. Vehicles are visible in the background. a person's presence is not established by appearance, so the central firewalker is described only by role.

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