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A night-time Chandi Homa ceremony held under a covered open-air pavilion decorated with string lights, mango-leaf garlands and hanging tassel banners. At the centre, a large deity murti dressed in white and red stands before a brass kalasha-style altar and a decorated stage. A priest in white dhoti stands at the homa area holding offerings, while a bare-chested assistant in a white dhoti stands on the right. Seated on a cushioned white armchair-style peetha at the right is a figure in an orange-saffron robe with long grey hair and a white beard, the one shown receiving the homa; a shaved-headed attendant in white stands nearby. Rows of seated devotees in red and orange saris and white clothes face the stage from the foreground, with a cameraman standing at the left edge.

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