A photograph inside a golden temple shrine showing a shaved-headed priest, bare-chested and wearing a rudraksha mala, seated at left beside a bronze bowl and performing a ritual gesture with raised right hand over a square golden-brown fire pit or homa kund with a black central pit. Behind it stands a gold-ornamented altar with a golden kalasha topped with flowers, a small deity murti decorated with marigold and red garlands, and gold lamp stands. Red cloth covers the floor and colourful banners hang at upper right.

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