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Outdoor homa ceremony with a square fire pit filled with burning sticks and smoke rising. Seated around it are many devotees in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas, some with white ash markings. On a leopard-print seat at the right, a figure in saffron dhoti with a gold-trimmed shawl and a gold necklace reads from a book while raising a hand; a second figure in orange sits beside him. Brass vessels, oil lamps and offerings line the fire pit edge. Behind is a pink-draped stage with a seated figure and orange-painted temple structures. Several women in red and orange saris and white-clad people stand around the edges. The a person label applies only to the central seated figure with the gold necklace and shawl and the leopard-print seat, which would be in_person as a candidate; the appearance is uncertain, so the field is unsure.

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