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Outdoor homa ceremony on a mat-covered sandy floor under palm trees. A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron robe, a gold-beaded necklace and a red-and-gold rudraksha-style bead mala sits cross-legged with hands folded at the centre of the group. Men in white dhotis and yellow shawls attend around him: one kneels holding a silver vessel, another offers a brass tray of lamps and small bowls, and a wooden stake rises beside the sacred area marked with white powder lines. Marigold petals and small bowls of rice lie on the ground. Several seated white-clad participants sit in the background.

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