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A photograph of a ritual offering at a fire pit: a bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and rudraksha mala pours liquid from a silver vessel onto a heap of yellow bananas, green watermelon halves and a corn cob arranged on a yellow stone platform. Smoke rises from the offerings and a ritual fire glows at the left of the pile, with white ash markings on the priest's arms. The setting is dim and smoky with a gold-toned shrine and red cloth in the background. The offering suggests a homa or yagna with fruit oblations. The priest's face is not visible, so no identity is assigned.

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