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A photograph of a homa ceremony under a decorated tent. Around a rectangular fire pit with burning wood, several men in green dhotis and green shawls sit on the ground, one wearing a white shirt and yellow-and-orange garland badge. Standing figures in saffron and red-orange robes and orange headwraps stand behind them, and a shirtless man wears a pink-and-white cloth. Brass plates of grains surround the pit, and a row of decorated kalasha pots with yellow flower garlands stands at right. A deity murti or decorated backdrop appears at upper left. Persons are present but no one is clearly identified as a specific individual.

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