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A homa fire ritual performed outdoors under a tin-roofed pavilion beside a red-painted wall. A priest in white dhoti and a green turban feeds the flames of a brick-built fire pit with a ladle, while a shirtless man with rudraksha beads and a saffron-orange shawl sits nearby. Other priests in white and orange cloths sit behind brick structures, and a man in a yellow shawl with his back to the camera faces a tray of pomegranates, flowers and brass vessels. A woman in a white sari holding a small book stands at right, and a standing man in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha beads stands at left. Offerings of fruit, flowers, kalasha-like brass pots and oil lamps surround the homa.

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