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Outdoor yagna at a golden-framed homa pit where two flames rise from the brass-edged fire box. A shirtless man in saffron dhoti and orange turban, wearing a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged and pours from a brass vessel into the fire. Beside him a seated woman in red attire tends the flames. A standing shirtless figure in orange dhoti and orange head cloth, with a rudraksha mala and gold-bordered cloth, stands before an ornate gold-and-red throne chair, bowing with hands raised to his head. In the foreground a young man in an orange dhoti and orange headcloth sits behind brass vessels and bowls. Brass kalashas, bowls and offering trays surround the pit. A white-draped deity murti and a flowered garland appear at left, with a yellow excavator and trees behind.

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