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A photograph of a ritual fire ceremony with a brick-lined fire pit (homa kunda) decorated with yellow flowers. A central figure in an orange robe and a white-and-green tricolour garland, with long hair and a red bindi, performs hand gestures over the fire. Around him, young men in saffron shawls and white dhotis sit or stand; one wears white tilak on his forehead and rudraksha beads. Behind them hang orange curtains and tall silver and gold ceremonial staffs, and a man in white holds a long rod near the fire pit.

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