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A seated fire ritual in a hall with a lit homa fire burning on a low platform beside stacked yellow blocks, a plate of offerings, and a bowl. A woman in a dark top with a pink-and-white shawl and white garland kneels with her palms joined while a man in a red shirt with a garland and a dark-haired man beside her, both seated near the fire, one raising a hand over her head. Behind them a woman in a teal sari, a girl in blue, and an older woman in a red sari with a white garland sit among other devotees wearing garlands, with a red-draped throne-like backdrop at the top right. Scattered devotees watch from the foreground.

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