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Outdoor Sri Rudra Homa under a white canopy tent. A brick-built square fire pit with a flame sits on a woven mat, outlined with white chalk-like patterns. A priest in white dhoti with a white head wrap and face mask kneels at left, stirring offerings with a long wooden ladle into a brass bowl. Another bare-chested priest in white sits partly visible at left edge. Brass bowls, a kalasha with mango leaves and flowers, a tray of mangoes and marigold-garlanded items surround the fire. Behind, a brown banner reads Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple Los Angeles Aadheenam, and a printed portrait of a bearded man in a red turban and rudraksha malas appears beside a seated figure draped in red garlands and a leopard-print cloth on a chair; their identity is not established by the visible cues here.

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