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A photograph inside a gold-ornamented temple hall with red floor and open windows. A large sacred fire burns in a stone fire pit in the foreground, with rice and flower petals scattered around it. Behind it, a priest in a white dhoti with bare upper body and a white head cloth raises a plant offering toward a deity murti adorned with flower garlands on a gold-and-red shrine. Two other attendants in white dhotis with gold borders stand on either side, one holding a brass lamp stand, and brass oil lamps, banana bunches, coconuts and fruit trays are arranged nearby. Colourful tall decorative banners hang at the upper right.

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March 16 20202020-03-16Photo 11728735Photo 11728736 +2 copiesPhoto 11728734 +2 copiesMarch 16 20202020-03-16 +1 copiesPhoto 11728748 +2 copiesA homa fire ritual in a gold-decorated temple hall with red carpeting. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and a purple waist cloth, with a white sacred thread over his shoulder and tilak markings, holds a ritual implement over a square fire pit where flames rise from a dark mound of burnt offerings, with scattered rice grains around the pit. Behind him a seated priest with a shaved head and folded hands watches, and tall brass oil lamps stand beside a golden deity shrine adorned with flower garlands. Fruit offerings including bananas and sliced coconut sit on platters nearby.2020-03-16 +2 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesOctober 18 20152015-10-18March 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesOctober 18 20152015-10-18