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A homa ritual in a temple-like hall with an ornate golden throne at left. A man seated on the gilded red-cushioned throne wears a rudraksha mala and a rust-coloured wrap, his hands folded. Three attendants in saffron-orange and rust cloth stand at centre and right: one holds a brass vessel, another a metal plate with offerings, and a young boy in an orange turban stands behind. A fire burns in a yellow-brick fire pit in the foreground, with a small oil lamp and brass cups near the carved wooden door at right, and a decorated kalasha with mango leaves and coconuts on a tray. The man on the throne has long hair and a crown-like headpiece; the attendants are shirtless or in orange wraps with rudraksha malas.

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