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Night-time courtyard puja with a small square brick fire pit (homa kunda) burning in front of a golden ornate throne. A bearded man with a white forehead marking sits on the throne in saffron-orange robes, with a red cushion and red flower petals before it. Four men in saffron-orange dhotis and turbans stand around the altar; the nearest attendant at left holds a cloth and wears white body markings and beaded necklaces. A colourful striped mat covers the ground, with brass plates, offerings of bananas, fruit and a pile of pink and yellow flowers on banana leaf, and a kalasha vessel near the fire. Visible people: five.

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