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Outdoor 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.

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Outdoors 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 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.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor 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.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor fire ritual on a sandy ground at an ashram, with many small circular fire pits outlined by burning logs. A young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl sits cross-legged in the foreground, tending a pit with a small clay bowl of offerings nearby. Behind him a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, holding a long iron rod, tends the fires. Smoke drifts over rows of seated participants in white clothes and orange shawls, with a tin-roofed building and palm trees in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoors on bare sandy ground, several young men in white dhotis and orange shawls sit cross-legged inside circular fire pits edged with burning wood logs, with smoke rising across the scene. In the foreground a seated young man in white with an orange shawl sits beside a small clay bowl of offerings, while a standing man in an orange dhoti and shawl, barefoot and with long dark hair, tends the fire with a long iron rod. Behind them more participants in white and orange sit around other fire rings, with a tin-roofed building and palm trees in the background.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17