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A night fire ritual at a decorated homa kunda, a square fire pit with a flaming fire rising from it and a grey smoke plume drifting left. A seated priest in saffron-orange clothing and a reddish-orange turban holds a sacred item over the fire while reading from an open book; he wears rudraksha beads and a saffron shawl. Behind him, a second person in white dhoti and shawl wears a gold garland and sits beside brass lamps, a kalasha and offering bowls. Brass and silver vessels and a fruit-laden basket surround the pit. Traditional homa or yagna in progress.

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