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Evening fire ritual at an outdoor pavilion strung with coloured lights. A yellow-painted square homa fire pit blazes in the foreground with flowers and offerings on a plate nearby. Seated behind a microphone on a wooden ornate seat, a man with long dark hair, a red vibhuti mark on his forehead, a red-and-gold shawl and a beaded necklace chants with his hands joined. A second man in white dhoti and shawl speaks into a microphone at right. Around the fire, a row of seated participants in red and orange robes and rudraksha malas, many with shaved heads, listen attentively. This appears to be a homa ceremony.

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