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A homa ritual at a covered hall with white walls and orange and white pennants strung along the roof. Centre, a person in an orange robe with a multicoloured-and-white flower garland and a rudraksha mala stretches a hand over a white brick fire pit scattered with yellow flowers, a green and gold cloth wrapped around a post beside it. Beside them stands a young man in white with an orange shawl, and at right a man in white holds a ceremonial staff. Behind them a seated audience in white and orange clothes, including children, fills the hall. The scene is not clearly identifiable as a named a person; the central figure's cues are a swept-back hairstyle, orange robe and garland, but appearance is uncertain.

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