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Night ritual on an outdoor wooden platform. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes with a maroon sash and gold chain sits in front of a fire pit made of orange-coloured brick and marigold petals, pouring from a small vessel into the flames. A seated figure on a gold throne draped with a tiger-striped cloth wears orange-red robes, a gold-patterned garment, a gold necklace and a sandal-marked forehead, with legs crossed in meditation. Two women in orange and red shawls and rudraksha beads sit to the left, one with white hair. Brass oil lamps, orange cones of offering, lotus-shaped and cone-shaped vessels, and a silver bowl sit at the front right on a garland of green leaves and flowers. Hindu homa or puja setting.

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