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Night outdoor ritual in an ashram courtyard. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak sits on a silver-backed chair, wearing a red-orange sleeveless garment, a rudraksha mala and a gold chain, with bangles on his arms. Before him a small fire burns in a wooden mortar-like vessel, and a bowl of green herbs and leaves sits nearby on a striped cloth. Trays of offerings and a wicker basket are on the left. On the right stands a silver-ornate shrine with garlands and a small deity figure, and a yellow-painted homa fire pit with flames sits in the foreground. Smoke rises through the frame. The man is the only visible person, and the scene matches the page's aushadha preparation at a homa setup.

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