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A large fire blazes in a stone-rimmed homa pit in a temple hall, with a pile of green mangoes and other offerings beside the flames. Behind the fire, a deity murti or figure in red and white ritual cloth with multicoloured striped garlands sits in an ornate carved golden niche. Draped yellow cloth, a red-white-blue bunting and a carved golden pillar frame the scene. A small oil lamp burns in the lower left corner. This appears to be a homa or yagna fire ritual.

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