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A photograph of a ritual at an open-air temple shrine with a grey stone canopy and red curtains. Inside the shrine, a deity murti adorned with garlands sits on a raised platform beside brass lamps. In the foreground, a figure in orange robes with long dark hair kneels before a small brick fire pit with a burning fire, stirring offerings with a wooden ladle, in what appears to be a homa. Beside the fire sit a woman in a red-and-orange sari and a man in white, with a brass vessel, flower garlands and offering trays on a striped mat. A man in a gold and red wedding-style turban and sash stands near the shrine. A cameraman in white stands to the right, and musicians in white are visible at the left edge.

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