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A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a draped orange head covering and a white tilak on his forehead performs a homa at a fire pit on a tiered white platform garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers. A rudraksha mala hangs at his chest, and a microphone stands at his side. Behind him, a white-draped chair sits in a dim hall. To the right, a tall brass lamp stand wrapped in yellow flower garlands rises beside a brass kalasha. A second person in white sits partly visible behind him. The fire burns brightly in the centre, with offering bowls on the platform. The scene reads as a homa or yagna ceremony. The man in saffron appears to be a person, with orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a head covering, seated centrally at the fire.

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