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A night-time homa at a Navaratri Chandi Homa ceremony. In the foreground, a person in orange-red clothing and an orange head wrap pours or offers red cloth into a blazing fire pit lined with red bricks, with flames rising and a brass ladle or kalasha-like vessel on the ground. Behind the fire stands a large ornate deity murti of Durga-style goddess with multiple arms, golden halo and crown, flanked by smaller figures and a lion mount, placed beneath a golden and red canopy with mirror work. Marigold garlands sit on the brick edge. Brass trident-like standards and overhead lights frame the open hall.

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