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Night-time ritual at an outdoor venue with a homa fire pit in the centre, flames rising from a yagna platform decorated with yellow and white flower-patterned blocks and marigold garlands. Several seated participants in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, hair in buns and red and gold beaded necklaces, sit around the fire. A man in a green turban and saffron-and-green sash sits in front of the fire. In the background, a figure in a saffron-orange robe sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, while a woman in a red-and-gold robe stands beside it and others in white saris with gold borders stand nearby. A standing man in white with a rudraksha mala is at the far right, and a brass kalasha and marigold offerings lie on the ground. Coloured string lights hang in the background.

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