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A nighttime homa ceremony under a canopy decorated with green and orange fringed hangings and banana leaves. A man in a saffron-orange robe stands centre-right holding a lit ritual lamp aloft on a brass plate, flames visible. Seated before him on mats are rows of devotees in orange and saffron robes, some with tilak markings, and others in white with yellow shawls, with hands folded in prayer. Women in orange shawls and white clothing sit in the foreground with braided hair. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style vessel stand at the right beside a fire pit and offerings of flowers and fruit. Fluorescent tube lights hang overhead.

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