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A homa fire ritual in a temple hall with a large bright fire burning in a square pit lined with stacked, decorated bricks. A seated priest in white dhoti wearing an orange-yellow head cloth and gold-beaded necklace pours offerings into the flames. Beside him a younger man in a white dhoti and shawl with a garland bends to tend the ritual items, and at the right a man in a striped orange-and-white garment arranges flower-decorated offerings. On a golden throne at the left sits a figure with long dark hair wrapped in a high bun, wearing a red-orange robe and a multi-strand flower garland, hands pressed together in namaskar. Brass bowls, lamps and coconuts lie around the pit on a colourful striped mat, with a pedestal fan behind and an ornate dark wooden door in the background.

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