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Outdoor evening homa at a fire pit in front of a draped altar with a deity murti and two lit oil lamps. A bare-chested man with a red and white garland and an orange and pink cloth stands at left, holding offerings, while a man in white with glasses holds a microphone beside him. Smoke rises from the fire. Seated devotees in white and red shirts face the fire from the foreground. Fruit and flower offerings are arranged on the altar. The standing priest shows no distinctive a person cues beyond ritual dress, so identity is unsure.

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