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A homa fire ritual in a bright indoor hall. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes with a white tilak sits cross-legged at the left, hands folded in prayer, speaking into a microphone on a stand. Before him are a fire pit with flames, brass bowls, a kalasha-style vessel, small brass lamps, bowls of offerings and a yellow powder dish on a cream cloth. Rows of devotees in orange shawls sit on the floor with hands folded in anjali, some in white, one in blue, and a few in white clothes. A white-robed person stands at the back near bookshelves, and a row of people stands along the right wall. Rangoli-style white patterns mark the floor at lower left.

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