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Night outdoor ritual under a canopy decorated with orange and green fringed hangings and banana leaves, lit by floodlights and a hanging lamp. A standing priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala raises a large bright brass bowl of flame toward the seated group. Around a low offering platform, several devotees sit on orange cloth: women in orange saris and saffron-robed sannyasis, plus young people in white clothes with yellow shawls, hands folded in prayer. A tall brass lamp stands at the right edge beside flower petals and offerings. This is a homa or puja-style fire ritual.

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