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Outdoor fire ritual on reddish earth at a monastic training site. A young man in white dhoti and white kurta with an orange shawl sits cross-legged with palms joined, eyes lowered, in front of a circular ring of logs and stones with small flames burning along its edge. A clay dish holds a lump of ash or offering beside him. Behind him, another seated man in white with a rudraksha-style neck mala watches a second circle, and more people in white and orange garments sit at other fire rings. The scene reads as a homa or yagna practice during a monastic training gathering.

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August 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.2006-08-17Outdoor 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 20062006-08-17A photograph of a man in plain white ritual clothes sitting cross-legged with eyes closed on bare sandy ground inside a circle of smouldering dung cakes and burning wooden logs, with small flames along the ring. A clay dish holding a small offering of ash or dung sits beside him. Behind, a second seated figure in white with an orange shawl sits in another fire ring. The setting appears to be an open-air ritual ground, consistent with a homa or fire-based sadhana.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a young man in a white kurta and white dhoti sitting cross-legged on a woven mat inside a circle of burning ritual fires. His hands rest in his lap with eyes closed, and a terracotta plate with a small offering sits before him. The circle is formed by dark cow-dung cakes and white wooden logs with flames at intervals on bare reddish-brown earth. Another person in white stands at the top edge of the frame, partially visible, with bare feet.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.2006-08-17Outdoor 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.2006-08-17July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoors on sandy ground, several people sit in white clothing before circular fire pits lined with burning logs and embers, with smoke rising. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing a white garment and a beaded mala, sits cross-legged within a ring fire, hands pressed together in prayer, with a small clay bowl of offerings beside him. Other participants in white and saffron-coloured clothing sit at fire rings behind him, and an umbrella and a tent appear at the left. The scene suggests a homa or yagna during a training gathering.2006-08-17