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Night-time outdoor ritual photograph. A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing a turquoise-blue garment and beaded necklaces, sits on an ornate red throne with gold trim beneath a decorative canopy. Around a square fire pit lined with white stone, priests in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders, many wearing gold-bead necklaces, perform a homa. A man in the foreground holds a ladle-like vessel and a woman-free group sits on orange and white cloth with brass bells, bowls, a kalasha-style brass vessel and yellow marigold garlands. Palm fronds and a green leaf garland hang overhead, with banners and a painted board behind. a person: the seated figure on the throne has long swept hair, a blue garment and multiple beaded necklaces, consistent with the page's cues.

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