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Ritual scene during a homa or puja with a small fire burning on the floor in front of several men in traditional attire. A bare-chested priest in the foreground wears a blue head wrap, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a green-striped cloth, pouring from a silver kalasha-style vessel with a metal ladle. Behind him a man in white dhoti bends forward to the fire, and another in an orange cloth bends at the left edge near a yellow and red marigold garland. A fourth man at the right in a white dhoti and pink-gold shawl holds a silver vessel. Multicoloured mats cover the floor, and a large golden prabhavali halo frames a seated figure in the background.

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