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A homa or yagna being performed indoors in front of a framed photograph on a draped white altar. The framed photo shows a man in orange robes seated before a banyan-like tree, his hands raised in blessing, garlanded with white flowers and green leaves; he is a depiction, not a person present. Two brass oil lamps stand on either side of the altar. In the foreground a small brick fire pit burns with a flame, and a brass vessel and small brass lamp sit beside it. A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits cross-legged on the left, palms pressed together in greeting toward the altar. Two young men sit on the right: one in a white polo shirt with hands joined in prayer, the other in a yellow checked shirt seen from behind. Before them is a white cloth spread with clay lamps, marigold and pink flower petals on plates, and dried sticks.

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