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Night photograph, rotated so the scene runs diagonally, of a fire-walking or fire-ring practice. Bright orange flames trace curving lines across dark sand or ground. A man in white ritual clothes sits cross-legged at the left, near the fire edge. Beside him, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands and reaches toward the flames with an outstretched arm. Other seated and standing people in light and saffron clothing are visible along the fire lines in the background and lower right, and a partly visible person sits at the bottom edge. Distant lights glow in the dark background. A logo appears at the upper left, with a copyright notice and a source credit at the lower right.

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Night photograph of a fire ritual at an outdoor ashram site. Several fire trenches burn in rows across dark ground. A seated figure in white clothing sits beside a flaming trench, with flames lighting the ground around him. Standing nearby, a person in white robes holds a long implement, and a figure in a red-orange garment stands to the right by another fire. Further back, more seated and standing people in white are partly visible in the glow of the fires. This appears to be a homa or fire offering performed by devotees; no readable text appears in the scene itself.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Night photo of a fire ritual at an outdoor ashram site. Flames burn in a long curving trench and ring across the dark ground. A man in white robes sits cross-legged near the fire, and another seated figure in white clothes is at the right edge beside the flames. Two or three more white-clad people stand faintly in the dark background. Fire ritual, possibly a homa or yagna, in a monastic training setting.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Night photo of a fire ritual at an open-air ground, with small flames burning in a scattered pattern across the dark earth. In the foreground, a woman in a white shawl and white cloth sits cross-legged in front of a large fire pit, hands folded, eyes lowered. Behind her, several other people in white and light-coloured clothing sit in meditative postures beside their own small fires, with a few more standing at the edges. Buildings with lights are faintly visible in the background. The setting suggests a homa or fire-based meditation practice.2006-08-19A night scene of a monastic training homa at an outdoor ground. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged within small circular fire pits, with flames and smoke rising around them. The foreground figure wears white with an orange-brown shawl draped over one shoulder and sits facing away from the camera. Other seated participants in white fill the rows behind, with a fence line in the background.2006-08-18Night photograph of an outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground. Rows of small clay oil lamps glow along the earth, and several seated participants in white dhoti-style clothing with orange-saffron shawls sit in lines, facing the flames. In the foreground, a young man in white with an orange shawl sits cross-legged near the lamps. A small fire burns at left, and a lit white-walled building with a bright light stands at right. The scene reads as an evening lamp-lighting or sadhana session; the lamps are oil lamps, and no particular deity is shown. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-08-19Night outdoor fire ritual. A ring of burning fire pits glows orange around a central seated figure in white robes and a beaded necklace who sits cross-legged in meditation. In the foreground a monastic in saffron-brown robes sits with his back to the camera facing the flames. Other seated figures in white and saffron are scattered among smaller fire pits, and a standing figure in white stands at the upper left. Smoke drifts through the dark scene.2006-08-17Night photograph of a fire ritual at an outdoor ashram site. A seated figure in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged inside a ring of burning flames on the ground. Around them, robed devotees in white and orange move with torches, while a standing figure in orange cloth holds a lit torch.2006-08-17Night photograph of a fire ritual at an outdoor site. In the foreground a young person in a saffron-orange wrap sits cross-legged on a low wooden plank, hands resting in the lap, while a curved line of burning fire glows along the ground beside them. Behind, a few people in pale, light-coloured robes stand or sit in the darkness, one walking past with a bundle. The scene is lit almost entirely by the orange flames.2006-08-17