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A ceremonial fire ritual on a stage with a floral backdrop. A man in an orange sleeveless garment and orange dhoti wears a white and pink flower crown with a peacock feather and a long red-and-yellow flower garland. He holds a silver bell in one hand and a silver lamp with burning flame in the other, beside a brass bowl and white blocks with marigold petals. Behind him an orange-robed man with a red head cloth and gold necklace holds a microphone and speaks, and another man in orange presses his palms together. A brass tray and a tin of ghee sit on the floor near incense sticks. The setting suggests an aarti or homa at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam event.

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