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A photograph of a homa ritual inside a stone-walled hall. A seated man in a rust-brown robe with a gold necklace and a dark turban raises a bunch of green leaves above his head while sitting on a red-cushioned golden throne with a carved wooden screen behind it. Beside him, a man wearing an orange turban, an orange dhoti and a rudraksha bracelet, with his chest bare and white markings on the body, kneels and holds a small silver vessel and a brass bowl. A tray of fruit and flowers sits at the left edge. In the foreground, a yellow brick fire pit burns with flames on a striped cloth in front of a red and maroon rug covered in petals. The seated man is an appearance-based Swamiji (probable), shown by his dark turban, rust robe and gold ornaments, and is presented as the central figure of the ritual.

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