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A photograph of a Hindu fire ritual inside a hall. A white brick fire pit with marigold petals and a brass lamp sits in the centre, with a brass bowl and ladle beside it. A woman in a red and gold sari and a man in a white kurta with a saffron shawl sit cross-legged before the pit. Behind them a row of drummers plays drums, and a seated figure in orange and red stands near the pit on the left. Brass lamps and decorated pots line a table on the left, and large garlanded deity murtis and draped fabric fill the right side.

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