A large open flame rises from a stone fire pit at night, with a brass ladle with a long wooden handle resting on the stone edge in the foreground. At the left edge, a deity murti or figure draped in orange cloth is adorned with red and pink flower garlands. The wall behind is dim and reddish. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large open flame rises from a stone fire pit at night, with a brass ladle with a long wooden handle resting on the stone edge in the foreground. At the left edge, a deity murti or figure draped in orange cloth is adorned with red and pink flower garlands. The wall behind is dim and reddish. No people are visible.

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