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A Vedic homa ritual inside a hall with white walls and a shrine of deity murti and a trident at the back. Seated on a floor mat before a brick-built fire altar, a bride in an orange sari with white flower garland and a braid faces a groom in white clothes and shawl. Behind the fire, a figure in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace sits on an orange cushion and tends the flames. Around them, orange-robed sannyasis, a woman in a yellow-and-white sari, and a crowd of seated devotees in white and orange. Brass plates of fruit, flowers and oil lamps sit on the altar. A man in white stands at the right holding a ritual item.

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