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Indoor temple ritual in a plain yellow-walled room. Three shirtless priests in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth, wearing rudraksha malas and turbans, stand around a wooden fire pit where a homa flame burns. A priest in a white dhoti pours offerings into the fire while two others stand with hands folded. Behind them, a row of framed photographs hangs on the wall and a camera on a tripod records the scene. On the left, a decorated throne with a red-and-gold cloth holds a figure garlanded with yellow and white flowers, and a television beside it shows a figure in red turban and clothing. In front of the fire, several brass kalashas wrapped in pink, green and red cloth and topped with yellow powder and jasmine garlands sit on a table. Brass oil lamps and plates of fruit and food stand on the right, with colourful striped mats on the floor.

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