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Outdoor homa ceremony under a canopy of orange and yellow cloth with saffron pennants strung overhead. On a raised platform striped red and white, a large yellow-draped seated figure sits on a red cushion, garlanded with marigolds and flanked by brass lamps and offering plates. Smoke rises from a fire pit at the center. Several saffron-robed priests sit to the left and centre, and a row of white-clad devotees sits along the right and back. Palm trees and a small shrine stand beyond the enclosure.

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