Outdoor 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. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor 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.

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Outdoors on bare reddish earth, many men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on low white seats around small circular fire pits with glowing embers and smoke rising. Several wear orange shawls or saffron sashes over white clothing. Behind them stand palm trees, a flagpole with an orange flag, and a green-roofed red building in hazy morning light. The scene resembles a group homa or fire ritual during a monastic training convention.

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Outdoor 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.

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Outdoor homa at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with many people seated in rows on bare red earth inside circular fire pits of ash and burnt wood. Most wear white clothes, while several wear orange or saffron robes. Smoke rises across the grounds from small fires. Behind them is a low red building with a green sloped roof, a red-and-white flag on a pole, palm trees and a parked vehicle. A crowd in white clothes stands near the building. Several seated figures are in orange robes, and some are closer to the front. No identifiable ceremonial candidate is clearly visible, and the many seated participants are not described in detail.

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.

Outdoor 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.

Outdoor ritual on a dusty ground at an ashram, with many people in white clothes seated in a grid inside circular earthen rings. Each ring has a small fire burning along its rim, and some practitioners sit with small clay bowls or offerings before them. Two women in the foreground wear white with orange-saffron accents and sit cross-legged in meditation. Behind them, others in white and a few in saffron-trimmed garments sit or stand among the rings, and some people walk between the rings. Tall green trees, a saffron flag on a pole, and a low green-roofed building frame the scene under a grey sky.

Outdoor homa ritual on a dry dirt ground with many seated participants arranged in separate circular fire pits. Men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing orange-saffron shawls draped over one shoulder, sit cross-legged before small fires ringed with logs or blackened wood, with smoke rising in the grey morning haze. Tall trees, palms and a red-and-white striped boundary wall frame the background. Several participants are visible behind and beside the front row, and a ceremonial homa with offerings is taking place.