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Night-time ritual under a white tent with pink trim and bright floodlights. A yellow-gold fire altar with a burning flame sits in front, decorated with red petals. Behind it a seated figure on a red-cushioned throne is garlanded with white flowers and wears a beaded necklace; this figure is a deity murti or seated person, not clearly identifiable. Priests in white dhotis with colourful borders stand near the fire; one bare-chested man in white and one in orange-and-white cloth assist. Flower arrangements, a brass kalasha, and oil lamps lie on a striped mat in the foreground. Several people in orange and red clothing stand in the background, and a man in an orange shawl holding a flower garland stands at the right edge, indicating a homa or puja ceremony.

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