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A homa fire ritual inside a canopied shrine hung with gold and red draped fabric. A brick fire pit with bright flames sits at the lower right, scattered with red flower petals. Behind it on a red-draped altar stand decorated kalasha pots wrapped in white jasmine garlands and green leaves, with a golden arched frame and a blue backdrop above them. A brass oil lamp stands at left, and a blurred bare-skinned arm of a person in motion appears at the far left edge, with a brass vessel near the bottom left. No clearly visible a person candidate is present.

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A homa fire burns in a brass-edged stone fire pit in front of a decorated altar. Three brass kalasha pots are wrapped with white and red flower garlands and green leaves, set on a red cloth-covered table. Behind them hangs a golden arch framing a blue backdrop with a flower garland. Gold and red drapes surround the enclosure, with brass lamp stands and a brass bowl at the sides, and red petals are scattered around the fire pit. No people are clearly visible apart from a hand at the left edge holding an item, so no one is identified.2025-12-30A photograph of a fire ritual at an altar. A large fire blazes in a brick and stone fire pit in the foreground, scattered with red rose petals. Behind it stand three decorated metal pots or kalashas adorned with white and yellow flower garlands and green leaves, placed before a golden arched frame and gold and red draped backdrop. A brass oil lamp stands at the right. 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