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Outdoor 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.

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A photograph of a Pancha-Tapas, or five-fire penance, held outdoors on bare reddish earth. A young man in a flowing saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged at the centre on a raised mound inside a ring of smouldering ash and charred logs, eyes closed in meditation. Around him, several people in white clothes sit in similar fire rings, with yellow shawls and a purple head covering visible; smoke drifts across the scene and a few partially burned logs lie on the ground. a person is named on the page, but the central figure's appearance is not clearly consistent with the ornate cues needed for a confident identification, so the figure is described by role as a meditating devotee in orange robes.2010-06-13Outdoor 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.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18June 13 20102010-06-13August 07 20102010-08-07August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17June 13 20102010-06-13August 18 20062006-08-18August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17