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Outdoor photograph of a monastic training ritual at an ashram, with many people seated on the ground inside circular fire rings of burnt wood and embers. A young man in the foreground wears an orange shawl over white clothes and sits cross-legged in front of a smouldering ring, with smoke rising around him. Other seated men wear white garments and orange shawls; one standing figure in white holds a long stick near a small fire. Smoke hangs over the sandy ground. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.

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August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor ritual scene on bare reddish-brown earth where many people sit cross-legged in concentric rings of smouldering and burning logs, a fire-pit style arrangement. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in a saffron-orange robe sits with hands folded in his lap, eyes closed. Behind him, a man in white garments and a rudraksha mala sits on a low seat, and several others wear white or orange clothing. Smoke rises from the circular fire lines. At the top left a red brick wall and white-clad figures stand in the background. Several visible people, roughly a dozen seated figures, are shown in this training gathering.2006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with several men in white dhotis and shawls seated in circular enclosures outlined with stones and bark, each holding a small flame. In the foreground a young man with a tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged with palms joined, a small clay dish with a dark offering beside him. Behind him a man in white wears an orange shawl, and at the top right a standing attendant in white holds a cloth. Small fires burn along the enclosure rims.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photo of a monastic training homa at an open dirt courtyard. Several seated practitioners in white ritual clothes sit beside circular fire pits ringed with dark cow-dung cakes and flaming wood; the fires burn low with smoke rising. In the foreground, a young man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees. Two women in white with orange shawls sit at the nearest fire rings. Behind, a bearded man in white stands near a stack of bricks, another seated figure wears an orange shawl, and a silver SUV is parked in the background. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2006-08-17Outdoors on bare sandy ground at dawn or dusk, several people sit cross-legged inside circular fire rings lined with dark logs, with small flames burning along the rims. In the foreground a young man in white shirt and white dhoti, with a beaded mala around his neck, sits eyes closed in meditation at the centre of a ring. Behind him, others in white clothes and orange-saffron shawls sit at similar fire rings, and more people in white move between the rings. Low smoke drifts over the scene; a tiled-roof building and a stone wall stand in the background.2006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photo at dusk of many men seated cross-legged in white dhotis and white kurtas on reddish earth, each inside a ring of smouldering embers and charred sticks that glow orange. The foreground man in the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl and sits on a woven mat with hands folded in his lap. Behind him, rows of other seated men in white and orange shawls, some with rudraksha-style necklaces, continue across the ground, with a few standing figures in white at the edges. A small brick building and a parked vehicle appear in the background. The scene resembles a fire-circle meditation or homa-style practice.2006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a group of people seated on sandy ground during a fire ritual at an ashram, with small smoking fires laid out in rows between them. In the foreground a young person with shaved head and a tilak on the forehead sits cross-legged in a saffron-orange robe with eyes closed. Behind him, others in white clothes sit in meditation, and a few in pale pink or white wraps sit on the ground amid thin wisps of smoke. A stone wall and more seated people appear in the background.2006-08-18Outdoor photo of young men in white dhotis and white shawls seated cross-legged in meditation on bare sandy ground, each inside a circular ring of burning fire along the edge. The central young man in the foreground has eyes closed and hands in a mudra, with a folded cloth seat beneath him. Behind him, several more seated men in white clothing sit within similar fire rings, a few with orange-saffron stoles, while standing figures in white stand at the upper left. The scene appears to be a fire-ring meditation practice.2006-08-17