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A homa fire ritual in a courtyard before a red-walled temple doorway. Four priests sit on striped mats around a brick fire pit with burning flames. The priest on the right wears an orange shawl and white dhoti with sacred ash lines on his forehead. A young priest on the left wears a green turban, gold-bead necklaces and bare chest with white ash marks, and holds a ladle. Another priest sits beside him. Behind them, three women in cream and white saris stand at the carved wooden doorway holding flower garlands. The ground is covered with marigold and rose garlands, brass kalasha pots, fruit, bowls of kumkum and vibhuti, and a silver lamp. Four people are visible, none identifiable as a person from appearance.

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