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Two young male priests in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders stand side by side at a homa fire pit, hands joined in front of them with a red thread visible. Both wear white-and-red flower garlands and sandalwood tilak on their foreheads; the taller one wears a green and gold embroidered cap, the shorter one a gold turban, and both have rudraksha armbands. A hand in the lower right pours an offering from a ladle into the fire, and oil lamps burn on the altar. A seated crowd of devotees watches from behind, and a large screen with a painted portrait shows at the upper right. Smoke rises through the tent-covered ceremony space.

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