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A night-time ritual photograph in a temple-style shrine. On the left, a man in white ritual dhoti with a gold-and-beaded garland and a white head cloth holds a shallow brass plate of white offering toward a fire pit. Behind him are three decorated deity murtis draped in garlands of white flowers and red, yellow and purple strands, with an orange canopy and gilded arch above. A flame burns at the right of the fire pit, and a clay pot sits on the altar. In the foreground, a pile of marigold garland and green leaves lies on a peach saree with a red-and-gold border near a dark homa pit.

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