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Night-time homa at an open-sided tent with a white canopy and pink fringe. A standing devotee in orange saffron wrap and orange headband, bare-backed with pearl necklace and bangles, faces a square fire pit where flames rise from a brass vessel. A seated man in a dark red-orange robe and rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, lit by a bright lamp. A kneeling attendant in orange headband and saffron cloth tends the fire, holding a brass plate. Oil lamps, brass vessels and pink flower petals sit on the mat around the fire pit. The seated figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so it is described by role only.

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