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A night-time homa or yagna at an open-sided shed. Several monastics in saffron-brown robes stand around a brick fire pit where flames rise over small clay pots and vessels. A robed man with a rudraksha mala crouches and feeds offerings into the fire with a long iron rod, while another man in brown with a gold-trimmed cloth and beaded waist belt assists beside him. A man on the left in brown robes stands watching, and a standing man on the right wears white dhoti and reddish body markings. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white, cream and brown garments watches. Smaller fire pits burn in the background and bright white tube lights hang from the roof. Persons visible: roughly 30.

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