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Outdoor photo of a large crowd gathered around a fire pit filled with dark embers beside a palm-lined path. Many people in white clothes stand in rows, some with hands folded in prayer. A tall ornate kalasha-topped structure and a decorated canopy palanquin with flower garlands stand in the background. A man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a long wooden pole stands at right. Orange flags rise at left, and a white rangoli kolam decorates the ground in front of the pit.

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December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor festival procession on a dusty path lined with palm trees. A large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white walks forward, many with rudraksha malas and identity lanyards. In the foreground a woman in white with a rudraksha mala and red-dotted forehead stands with palms pressed together above her head in namaskar, eyes closed. Beside her an older woman wears a green sari. At left, drummers in orange and yellow cloth play large drums, and a man in white holds a long wooden staff. Behind the crowd, an ornate decorated chariot with a canopy, garlands and a framed image rises above the people, with orange and white flags. Several dozen people are visible.2007-12-30A devotee in white dhoti and shirt with a red-and-white rudraksha mala walks barefoot over a fire-walking pit of glowing embers, palms pressed together in prayer. Behind him a crowd of men and women in white clothes presses along the path, some holding long bamboo poles, and an ornate chariot decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a canopy stands at the right. A drummer in an orange shawl plays a drum at the lower right. Palm trees rise overhead.2007-12-30Outdoor photograph of a large crowd gathered in an open field lined with palm trees, on the day of a fire-walking ritual. In the centre, a long rectangular pit of glowing embers and ash lies on bare earth, with devotees standing along both sides behind bamboo railings. Behind them a decorated temple chariot or ratha with red and gold drapes, flower garlands and a tall wooden post stands under the trees. Near the front, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands beside the pit, and a saffron-robed figure with a flower garland stands at the centre near the pit's far end, surrounded by men in white and orange robes, some holding long staffs. Most devotees wear white clothes with orange shawls, and one man at the front-left has a tilak on his forehead.2007-12-30Outdoor photograph of a fire-walking ritual beside a palm grove. A long, raked bed of grey-black embers runs across the foreground, and a child in a pink dress is being carried across it by a man in white dhoti and shirt. Behind them, a richly decorated palanquin with a red and gold canopy, floral garlands and a sacred figure inside stands near a tall ornamented pole. Several men in white ritual clothes stand around the pit; one in an orange-saffron cloth holds a drum. Orange flags flutter at left, and a crowd of devotees in white and yellow saris and white shirts fills the scene.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with coconut palms and a thatched hut. At the centre, a richly decorated ratha or palanquin with a colourful pointed roof and red and yellow fabric panels is carried forward, with a figure in orange standing near it. A crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white saris, many with yellow sashes, walks alongside, and a man in orange holds a tall ceremonial staff with a golden finial in the foreground. Other marchers carry red and orange flags and small umbrellas, and a man in a light blue shirt with an ID badge walks near the left edge.2009-12-29December 30 20072007-12-30December 30th 20072007-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30th 20072007-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30Night-time photograph of a fire-walking ritual at an outdoor temple area. A glowing bed of red-hot embers lies in a trench, with wooden poles and a bamboo-style barrier set along it. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a white cloth, wearing a beaded necklace, stands at the centre, while another in white stands beside the embers holding a long wooden pole. Behind the barrier, a large crowd of devotees in mostly white clothing, with some women in orange and colourful saris, watches closely. A brass pot sits at the lower left, and strings of triangular pennants and a lit lamp hang overhead near a palm tree and small white shrine structure.2007-12-30