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A homa ritual in a bright hall with yellow pillars. Two priests in saffron-orange robes and head cloths sit on a woven rug before a brick fire pit with a small flame, one holding a plate with burning camphor or fire offering while the other sits with palms pressed together. Brass vessels, a bell, fruit, coconuts and banana bunches are arranged on the mat. Seated devotees in white and pastel clothes line the room behind them, a cameraman with a tripod stands among them, and a woman in white stands near a doorway on the left. Stacked mats and boxes fill the background.

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