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A photograph of a ritual scene in a gold-decorated temple shrine. Six people in saffron-orange robes stand with palms pressed together in anjali mudra before a brick fire pit (homa kunda) holding burning logs. Behind them, a richly adorned deity murti and gold kalasha-style vessels with garlands sit on a draped red altar. Two figures at the far left wear white head cloths and rudraksha malas, and the man on the right wears a striped tiger-print wrap. An open book sits on a wooden stand at left beside a microphone. Gold relief panels and marigold garlands frame the shrine.

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