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Outdoor photograph of a fire ritual at a stone-paved riverside or temple area. A central figure with long dark hair and orange clothing with a gold necklace sits behind a small stone fire pit with a visible flame, performing a homa or yagna. Around him, dozens of people in orange and saffron shawls sit closely, some holding offering plates and brass vessels, while a photographer with a camera stands at the left edge. A red and gold canopy with a painted deity image and a kalasha-topped umbrella shelters the scene from above, and a red cloth hangs on the right.

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A photograph of a crowded outdoor homa at a temple courtyard. A long-haired man in orange robes and a beaded necklace sits cross-legged before the fire, his hands extended toward it, with a brass vessel and offering plates nearby. Around him sit many devotees in orange and saffron shawls and headwear, some in white and yellow rain gear, and a few in dark clothing. Wooden poles support ornate red, yellow and blue canopies overhead, and a kalasha-like brass object stands at the right. A cameraman with a shoulder camera films from the left foreground, and a watermarked copyright line appears in the lower right. The man at the fire has distinctive long hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha-style necklace, consistent with a person candidate performing the homa.A photograph of a crowded outdoor homa at a temple entrance in Kedarnath, with a fire burning in a square stone fire pit at the centre. 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