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Outdoor ritual at a concrete fire pit with smoke rising from it, set among palm trees and a low block wall. A bare-chested man in a red-orange cloth wrapped around his body, with a dark rudraksha mala and a forehead mark, extends his hands over the pit. Beside him, a younger man in orange robes with a red-bordered shawl holds a brass tray. Another man in orange stands at the right edge. In the background, two small girls and several onlookers watch, including a woman in white and older men in light shirts. The fire pit suggests a homa or yagna.

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