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A photograph of a temple ritual in a covered hall with orange-red walls and a corrugated metal roof. Four people in white ritual clothes stand and sit behind a long metal altar counter. Three standing men hold large lit aarti lamps with tiered flames, and one holds a flat tray with a lamp. A seated woman in a floral dress holds a lamp, and a seated girl and a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala face the altar. Rows of brass oil lamps and small brass vessels sit on mats in front, and a steel water urn stands to the left. A red sign on the wall reads about 30,000 people in 247 countries. This is an aarti offering with oil lamps, not a homa.

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