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Night outdoor homa at an ashram. A fire burns in a white stone fire pit at left, with brass bowls, a ladle and flower petals arranged around it, and a seated priest in white tending the fire. In the centre, a young man in white dhoti and a saffron-coloured turban with a gold necklace sits on an ornate red and gold throne. Beside him, an older sadhu with white-painted forehead and body, a brown-orange wrap and a rudraksha mala sits with palms joined on a cream armchair. Behind them, a standing man in white clothes and other white-clad figures attend, with string lights and banana leaves overhead and decorated cloth panels hanging from circular frames. A child in a red dress is visible at right, with a car parked behind.

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