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Outdoors at a stone fire pit with smoke rising, two seated sannyasis in saffron-orange robes perform a homa. The man on the right has long swept-back dark hair, a gold ceremonial necklace and rudraksha beads, and holds a microphone; the figure on the left, with short grey hair and a rudraksha mala, bows forward with hands joined before the fire. A brass bowl sits near the pit. Behind them a crowd in orange and white clothing stands under orange umbrellas, including a young man in a blue jacket and another wearing an orange cap. Swamiji (probable): the right-hand figure shows long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and saffron robes.

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