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Evening outdoor ritual homa beneath a corrugated roof at night. A priest in a rust-orange dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and an orange turban leans over a square yellow-edged fire pit, where a flame rises and small offerings sit in brass bowls. A large clay Ganesha murti, painted pink and yellow and draped with marigold and multicolour garlands, sits on a pink-and-purple base behind the fire. A standing man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a garland and offers flowers. Two men in white dhotis with gold borders sit cross-legged at the fire, one reciting from a book at a microphone stand. A bald man in orange robes sits on the right with a mala. A gold-framed shrine arch with marigold garlands stands at left. Brass vessels, plates of food and fruit lie on the floor.

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