A square fire pit, a homa kunda, lined with dark sooty brick walls and white painted rim decorated with white dots and lines, glowing with embers and burnt wood at its base. Around it on the orange floor stand silver bowls and a small silver vessel, with a red cloth draped above. Partial figures in white ritual clothing and bare feet appear at the left and right edges. - Nithyanandapedia

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A square fire pit, a homa kunda, lined with dark sooty brick walls and white painted rim decorated with white dots and lines, glowing with embers and burnt wood at its base. Around it on the orange floor stand silver bowls and a small silver vessel, with a red cloth draped above. Partial figures in white ritual clothing and bare feet appear at the left and right edges.

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