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A photograph of a ritual fire pit (homa kunda) in a gold-decorated temple hall with red floor. The yellow-painted, octagonal fire pit contains a black ash bed with sticks and twigs. Behind it stands a gilded palanquin-style ratha or shrine cart holding a deity murti draped in red and yellow garlands. Plates of green bananas, fruit and flower offerings sit on the floor, with brass lamps (oil lamps) and a brass vessel nearby. A partly visible person in white dhoti with gold border stands at the left edge. No other people are clearly visible.

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