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Night photo of a homa fire ceremony in a dark outdoor setting with colourful string lights overhead. A fire burns in a square stone fire pit in the centre. A woman seated on a low wooden stool to the left, in orange-red robes with layered rudraksha malas, sits near the pit with her hands folded. Around the pit, many devotees in orange and red robes with rudraksha malas sit closely together, several with hands raised toward the flames, and a few bald men in the foreground hold their hands up toward the fire. Background figures wear white and orange clothing. A small brass vessel and offering items sit beside the pit.

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