A photograph of a sacred fire ritual on a brick fire pit at night. Flames rise from wooden sticks laid across the bricks beneath a polished silver vessel with a decorative band and a small lid. A lit oil lamp sits at the right edge and a red flower petal lies on the bricks. No people are visible in the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a sacred fire ritual on a brick fire pit at night. Flames rise from wooden sticks laid across the bricks beneath a polished silver vessel with a decorative band and a small lid. A lit oil lamp sits at the right edge and a red flower petal lies on the bricks. No people are visible in the frame.

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