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Outdoor ritual in progress beside a square fire pit (homa/yagna kund) with white and blue painted rims. Several priests sit on an orange cloth in pink and yellow dhotis and pink shawls, with white tripundra marks on their foreheads and arms. The man at right holds a microphone and chants, while another priest in yellow pours or stirs offerings. Brass plates hold flower garlands, pink and yellow flowers, betel leaves, fruit, coconut and small bowls of kumkum and vibhuti. Two brass oil lamps (deepas) with lit wicks sit near the pit. Behind them, large colourful deity murti figures, with garlands of yellow flowers, stand in a decorated shrine. Devotees in green and white sit further back behind a metal barrier. A small basket of white grains sits in the lower left.

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