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A homa fire ritual in an open courtyard. A bearded man with a white forehead mark, wearing a rust-orange robe, a heavy gold-beaded necklace and gold armbands, sits on a red and gold throne-style seat with his hands folded, a person in ceremonial attire. Before him a shirtless man in white dhoti and a yellow headcloth bends over a fire pit, feeding sticks into flames, with brass bowls and marigold garlands nearby. A man in white dhoti with a yellow sash sits on a striped mat at left, with a rudraksha mala, and another man in an orange wrap stands behind. A woman in a rust-orange shawl and rudraksha beads sits at right. Floral offerings and fruit arranged on mats surround the fire.

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