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Night-time homa in an open pavilion ringed by banana leaves, mango leaf torans and a canopy of orange, red, yellow and green hanging ornaments. Smoke rises from a fire pit at centre. A man in saffron robes and a saffron head covering holds a large green coconut in both hands before the fire. A young assistant in white with a yellow shawl stands beside him. Several saffron-clad men with rudraksha malas sit on the left and right, and seated white-clad devotees attend at the back. Brass pots, a brass oil lamp, and offerings of fruit, flowers, sweets and a decorated figure of a lion-faced deity murti sit to the right. Viewers are seen in the foreground. Several people are visible.

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