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A photograph of an indoor ritual hall under a white tent ceiling hung with colourful lanterns and strings of lights. In the centre, a fire burns in a square homa pit surrounded by offering plates, bananas, green beans and a small clock. A priest in a rust-orange dhoti sits cross-legged at the fire, while two standing participants in orange and gold garments, one wearing a green-and-gold headdress, hold flower garlands and offerings before the flames. A large crowd of seated devotees fills the hall in front, and a gilded deity murti and a decorated altar with garlands occupy the background. The scene reads as a homa or yagna ceremony.

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