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A night-time homa fire ceremony in an outdoor courtyard beside a stone-block wall. A square fire pit with bright flames stands at centre, with offerings, kumkum and flower petals on its raised edges. A man in a red-orange turban and bare chest sits cross-legged before it, tending the fire, while a younger shirtless man in a rudraksha-style necklace sits to the left and a third person in white sits beside him. A standing man in white dhoti and bare chest, with a necklace, watches from the right. Brass lamps with lit wicks, banana leaves, brass vessels, fruit and flower garlands surround the fire on a striped mat. A white board on the right bears Tamil text, and an overlay credit reads

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