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Indoor ritual room with a green and striped woven floor mat. Five men in white dhotis sit on the floor before a wooden-framed fire pit (homa kunda) and a brass oil lamp. The seated men are bare-chested or lightly clothed, with rudraksha malas; one wears a white turban and another wears a white head wrap, and one has a white shawl. Trays of food, fruit, coconuts and banana leaves sit on a low trolley. A decorated arrangement of kalasha pots with mango leaves and coconuts stands on a metal stand in front, and a sign reads KAILASA HOUSTON USA beside a deity murti with garlands. Framed black-and-white portraits hang on the wall.

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