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Night-time homa at an outdoor temple courtyard. A fire burns in a square stone fire pit in the foreground, surrounded by trays of fruit, flowers, brass bowls and a small lamp. A man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged before the fire, with a microphone stand nearby, and a woman in orange sits to his left. A man in white sits at right and a woman in white sits at left with offerings. Behind them, several people in orange and white robes stand near a doorway, and a sculpted stone pillar with a hanging banana plant and coconuts stands at right.

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