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A night-time fire ritual, a homa, in a courtyard lit by strings of coloured lights. A man kneels at a brick fire pit built of stacked bricks, feeding flames with his hand while a bronze or brass lamp burns nearby. Around the pit are marigold and white flower garlands, fruit, banana leaves and small brass vessels. On the left a man in white dhoti with an orange-saffron cloth and a gold ornate ceremonial piece stands with hands folded; a shirtless priest wears an orange-and-white cloth and garlands. In the background a woman in a red sari and another in white stand with palms joined. A man in orange cloth on the right holds his hands together in prayer. A white canopy and a pink wall form the backdrop. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

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