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A night-time ritual scene before a red draped backdrop with a tiered display of deity murtis and yellow marigold garlands. Five or six men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, some with rudraksha malas and sacred threads, stand at a stone-rimmed fire pit or yagna kund, one holding a brass plate. Behind them a woman in orange sits with other women in saris beside offering baskets, fruit and brass vessels. On the right, a red-and-gold draped table holds garlanded kalasha pots and banana leaves. Red flower petals cover the floor. A man in a saffron-and-red cloth and turban stands in the centre-left with a staff, and a central figure in orange-red robes with a long rudraksha mala stands beside the pit. Markers show a lamp and offerings, consistent with a homa or puja.

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