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A homa is performed in a plain whitewashed hall on a concrete floor. A square fire pit is built from white bricks decorated with orange marigold petals, with a small flame burning in its centre. A man in an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at the front, hands joined in prayer, beside the fire pit. Around him sit about twenty young men and boys in white dhotis and white shawls, some with orange or saffron wraps, many with palms pressed together. A woman in an orange sari sits among them. Floor mats of dried leaves lie to the left, and red-draped seating stands at the right edge. An open doorway with a grilled gate is behind the group.

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