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Photo of an evening homa ritual under a roofed open-air pavilion with coloured string lights. A figure seated on an ornate gold throne with a carved gold back and a gold umbrella overhead wears a dark-red robe, a gold pendant necklace, and a long pink-and-white flower garland, with a tall dark turban-like headwear. Before him a priest in an orange-and-yellow dhoti and matching shawl, with an orange head cloth and rudraksha beads, feeds sticks into a fire inside a brick fire pit decorated with white and purple markings. Standing behind are attendants in white dhotis with gold borders, one woman in a rust-red sari with a rudraksha mala, another woman in white with folded hands, and an elderly man in white at right. Brass pots with garlands and banana leaves with offerings sit on the floor beside the fire.

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