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Night outdoor fire ritual at a homa pit. A fire burns in a square stone yagna kund with flowers scattered on its rim. A tall figure in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a saffron turban and multiple beaded malas, stands with raised hands beside the fire. Beside him a bare-headed priest in white and gold-beaded necklace stands near the pit. A man in white kneels at right beside a large carved wooden peetha-like piece, and a man in white attends at right edge. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing, including children, sit in rows at left. Brass lamps and offering vessels sit at the pit's edge; a lit oil lamp rests at lower right. Green leaf torana and painted pillars frame the background.

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