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A photograph of a fire-ritual (homa/yagna) at an outdoor ashram setting. A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange and yellow robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and white horizontal sacred-ash lines on his forehead and arms, sits cross-legged before a stone fire pit and pours ghee from a brass pot into the flames. Smoke rises from the pit. Beside him are a brass bowl with a ladle, a small brass lamp, a dark cup, and a blue cloth with a rudraksha mala. Behind, several women in white traditional saris with rudraksha necklaces sit in meditation or with folded hands, and a golden ceremonial seat stands in the background. The priest is not identifiable as a person from appearance cues, so the a person field is unsure.

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