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A photograph of a ritual homa in a temple hall with a multicolored striped floor mat. Several priests sit cross-legged on the mat in white dhotis, some with yellow and white turbans, bare-chested with white sacred markings. In the foreground a man in a grey shirt and white dhoti, with a rudraksha mala, presses his palms together in prayer. In the center, a square yellow fire pit (kund) is surrounded by brass plates holding bundles of wood sticks, pots of white rice, and piles of green lotus-bud offerings, with oil lamps and a kalasha nearby. Behind the priests, seated women in saffron, green and yellow saris watch from behind a red rope barrier beside a golden throne with a pink canopy. A large deity murti in colorful garb stands at the back, and a sign on the right reads KAILASA HOUSTON USA.

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