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A fire ritual inside a tented hall decorated with hanging colourful tassels and gold-edged panels. Smoke rises from a central fire pit. A priest in a yellow-bordered white dhoti and sacred thread holds a silver vessel and pours grains or flowers into the fire. Beside him a man in an unadorned white dhoti stands with folded hands. On the right, an older man with grey hair wears a white shawl with a green border and watches. Behind them, devotees sit on striped mats. In the foreground, a pink ceremonial structure, brass lamps, garlands of marigolds and sprigs of greenery, and wicker-wrapped vessels sit on a red cloth. A small framed clock is at lower left.

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