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A photograph of a fire ritual in a room with yellow walls and a row of framed portraits along the back wall. In the left foreground, two priests in white dhotis with saffron-coloured headwear and rudraksha malas stand before a flaming fire pit with brass vessels, one with hands in anjali. Several devotees stand in a line on striped rainbow mats: women in red, bronze, purple and gold saris, one in a black shawl with gold pattern, and a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with hands folded at right. A tripod-mounted camera stands near the centre, and a range hood hangs above the fire. Wooden sitting boards and a brass bowl lie on the mats.

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