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Night photograph of a temple shrine during a homa, with two tall flames rising from a fire pit in front of three deity murti seated on a decorated dais. The central figure wears a red and silver ornamented sari and a crown, flanked by two other deity forms draped in garlands of yellow, white and red flowers. Above them hang festoons of red, yellow, purple and white flower garlands beneath an ornate golden canopy. In the foreground lies a green and gold bordered silk sari with pink edges, draped over a cushion and adorned with a white flower garland and a pink flower. A brass vessel of fruit and offerings sits at the base of the fire. No people are visible.

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