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A homa fire burns on a yellow-brick altar at the centre of a room with brick walls, sitting on a striped rug. Several priests sit around it in white dhotis, one wearing a blue-and-purple head cloth and another in an orange shawl, adding offerings to the flames. Fruit, flowers, a brass bowl and a kalasha are arranged on banana leaves nearby. In the background, children in white dhotis walk through a doorway. A sign on the left lists prohibited items such as cameras and mobile phones.

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