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Outdoor fire ritual on sandy ground at a compound with a red-walled building under a green corrugated roof, a small saffron flag on a pole, and palm trees behind. Many participants sit cross-legged inside circular rings of laid wood or logs, each with a small flame burning, and smoke drifts through the scene. Most wear white garments with orange or saffron shawls, and a few wear orange robes. One man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands to the right holding a metal vessel, and a woman in orange stands at left. A few people sit near the front and a figure with a white-cloth head covering is near the centre left. Several people in the foreground are seated by the fire rings in a homa-style monastic training session.

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Outdoor ashram scene at a dusty courtyard with many circular earthen rings, each holding a small flame and seated practitioners in white and orange clothing performing a homa-style fire ritual. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti walks through the rings carrying a long stick, while a man in white bends to tend the fire. A central figure in white robes and a white-haired head sits in meditation within a ring, with others nearby in white and saffron-orange shawls. A red-roofed building with an orange flag stands behind, a palm-lined setting. a person appearance uncertain.2006-08-17Outdoor photo of a monastic training session on bare reddish earth at an ashram compound. Many men in white dhoti-style clothing and white shawls sit cross-legged inside large circular rings of arranged clay or dung with small flames burning at their edges, while smoke drifts across the scene. In the foreground a young man in white with an orange shawl sits in front of a small offering dish. Standing near the center, a figure in white with an orange shawl walks among the seated participants. Behind them stands a red building with a green corrugated roof, a low stone wall, palm and other trees, and an orange flag on a pole. No identifiable a person is clearly visible.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 18 20062006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photograph of many young men in white ritual clothes seated cross-legged inside rings of small fires on bare reddish ground. Several wear orange-saffron shawls or stoles. Smoke drifts across the scene. A standing woman in an orange sari with a long dark rod stands at center. Behind them stand a green-roofed brick building, palm trees and a red-and-white flag.2006-08-17Outdoor photograph of a large group of monastic trainees seated in meditation or ritual posture on individual circular sand mandalas on bare ground, each ringed with dark charred edges. Many wear white robes and some wear saffron/orange robes. Small fires or smoke rise from several circles. Behind them is a single-storey red building with a green corrugated roof, a red flag on a pole, palm trees and a white-clad crowd near the building. Overcast sky with overhead power lines. Mood is ceremonial and disciplined.2006-08-18Outdoor scene on a dirt ground at what appears to be an ashram compound with palm trees and a red-walled building under a green metal roof with a small flag. Dozens of people sit cross-legged inside individual circular earthen rings, each ringed with small lit flames, many wearing white clothes and some with orange shawls or saffron garments. A woman in an orange sari-style garment holds a long stick with a flame near one ring, while a man in white stands at right. A cameraman in white with an orange shawl films from the lower left. Oil lamps and fire pits mark the rings in a ritual practice, possibly meditation or homa.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor scene at an ashram ground with a reddish-brown earth floor marked by many circular rings of ash or ground lines. Dozens of people sit cross-legged inside the circles, most in white clothing and a smaller number in saffron-orange robes, while smoke rises from the area. Palm trees, a red-roofed building with a green metal roof, and a red flag on a pole stand in the background under an overcast sky. Some participants are seated in meditation-like postures.2006-08-18Outdoor ashram scene on bare red earth where many people sit in small circular fire pits edged with stones or logs, several with small flames burning. A figure in white ritual clothes sits cross-legged in a ring near the centre-right and an attendant in white stands at the right edge. A standing figure in a loose orange wrap and orange cloth at the centre-left is barefoot, and a second figure in white and orange stands in the middle distance. Several people in white or orange garments sit in the rings. A red-roofed building with a green roof and a small flag stand behind, with stacked firewood nearby.2006-08-17