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Night-time homa at an open-sided pavilion under a corrugated metal roof. A brick fire pit with a bright flame and rising smoke sits at centre, decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and surrounded by purple cloth, brass bowls, a brass pot and dry sticks. Behind it stands a gilded shrine canopy with a deity murti inside. On the left, a life-size figure in orange-red robes and an orange turban holds a small lamp and a conch-like object. A gilded chair and a tall brass lamp stand to the right, beside colourful deity figures. No living people are visible.

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