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A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine. On the left, a shirtless man in an orange turban wears rudraksha malas and a long beaded necklace, a bindi on his forehead, and a striped orange-and-white cloth at his waist; he holds a flower and performs a gesture beside a plate of flowers and a small oil lamp. Centre, a deity murti is draped in a striped cloth, heaped with yellow and red marigold garlands, flanked by a veena and a tanpura-style instrument, with a smoking havan fire. Brass oil lamps with lit flames stand on the right and left, and a kalasha pot sits among the offerings. Text at the bottom reads Nithyanandotsavam Day 20 - Medasaraswathi Homa and Nithyananda Homa.

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