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A photograph of a fire ritual, a homa or yagna, in a temple hall at KAILASA Houston. A square brick fire pit with a bright flame and smoke sits centre-frame. Several priests in white dhotis and cream or yellow turbans sit cross-legged around it, one pouring an offering into the fire and another holding a ladle. Behind them a shirtless man in a white dhoti stands with palms pressed together. On the far side, a seated figure in a gold-patterned robe, red and gold turban and yellow-orange garlands occupies a raised seat beside a garlanded deity murti in a gold shrine arch. Brass oil lamps, fruit trays, bowls and wooden sticks surround the pit, with a sign reading KAILASA HOUSTON USA above the altar.

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