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A homa ceremony in an outdoor courtyard beside a fire pit lined with orange-painted brick and draped with red and white flower garlands. Flames rise from the pit. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti with a pink silk shawl and a yellow turban sits at the right, with a silver bowl and garlanded kalasha offerings before him. Rows of seated men in white shirts and white dhotis face the fire, several with rudraksha malas. A microphone stands at the pit's edge, and a gold-coloured vehicle with a white canopy stands behind the crowd. No clear a person candidate is identifiable from appearance, so the priest is described by role.

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