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Outdoor photo of a homa or yagna ground at an ashram. Several circular ring-shaped fire pits with raised earthen rims lie on sandy ground, and a small fire burns at the right edge. Participants in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with orange or saffron shawls, move among the pits and tend ritual objects. One man in white bends to a pit holding a small green vessel. A woman in an orange robe stands near the fire on the right, and a white-haired man in white stands near a central pit with a small offering tray. Dense green trees and a red-and-white striped wall form the backdrop. Several participants wear white and carry or set down ritual items, as in a monastic training ritual.

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