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Outdoor photograph of a firewalking preparation at a sandy site with a long, blackened fire trench in the foreground. A standing man in a white shirt and dark trousers, hands pressed together in namaste, stands at the trench edge with his feet bare. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shirt wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style mala, and several men in white dhotis with orange shawls stand along the trench. A white-clad priest-like figure with a shaved head stands near a white painted stone structure topped by a bull statue (Nandi). A white SUV and trees appear in the background. Several people, including women in saris and children, stand nearby.

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Outdoor firewalk ceremony at an ashram site beside a white stepped shrine topped by a dark stone bull statue. A woman in a white dress with a white headband walks barefoot over glowing embers in a shallow pit, steadied by a man in white dhoti and shirt who reaches out to her. Around them, devotees in white clothes and rudraksha malas stand watching, including a bearded man with long hair and a woman in a white sari, while others in orange shawls and women in purple and maroon saris look on. A vehicle is parked at the upper right.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor scene at a firewalk site with bare earth and a dark pit of glowing embers and ash. A woman in white with a white headband and beads walks barefoot through the pit with palms pressed together in prayer. Nearby, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands beside a second man in white. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white robes and mala beads watches, including two men in saffron/orange shawls. A white stepped structure and a black stone sculpture stand in the background, with a blue bucket, a pink bucket, and a brass pot at left.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor scene at a firewalk preparation: a man in a long orange robe with long swept-back dark hair stands at the edge of a pit filled with glowing embers and a shallow yellow-tinted basin. He holds a small ornate golden framed deity murti in his hands. Behind him six men in white dhotis with orange shawls stand in a line; one holds a golden trident, another a covered silver-and-gold ritual vessel on a tray, and another a tall golden staff. A seated man in white appears at the right edge. Palm trees, white painted pillars, a large copper kalasha and a silver car sit in the background. a person candidate appearance: long swept-back hair and saffron robe with a shawl, plausibly the presiding figure, but the face is not visible enough to confirm.2007-02-14Outdoor 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.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14