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A photograph of a Yagashala Shodashi Homa in a temple hall during the Rajarajeshwari Brahmotsavam. In the foreground a brick fire pit burns with a visible flame. A young man with a dark turban, tilak and rudraksha mala beside a microphone stands at the pit, pouring an offering from a metal ladle into the fire. Behind him are golden lion and standing deity murti, a purple-robed deity figure, and a lamp-stand. On the right, a seated figure in orange turban and orange robes with gold necklaces sits on an ornate golden throne with a cobra-hood canopy, appearing to be a person in a depiction-like role, as the visible cues are orange turban, ornate clothing and gold ornaments; he is seated before a red curtain.

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