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Indoor homa or yagna in a plain whitewashed hall. A square fire pit built of white bricks has a small flame at its centre, with a brass bowl and ladle on its edge and red flowers scattered on top. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, some with folded hands, stand in a line near the pit, and a man in a pale shirt and a woman in a green saree with folded hands stand at the front. A white-clad priest walks at the right edge. Behind them is a decorated cow figure, a deity murti on a shelf, and rows of small figurines on the wall. A white-clothed table holds a brass kalasha, fruit, a plate, and a small deity image. a person is not visibly present.

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