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Outdoor evening yagna in a temple-style pavilion lit with warm yellow lights and a golden shrine of deity murtis behind. A man seated on a gold-framed red throne at left wears a saffron-orange robe, a white flower garland, gold bracelets and a gold trident-topped staff beside him, and his bare feet rest on a striped cloth. A brick fire pit stands on the green mat in front, with a burning flame, kumkum-dotted offerings, bananas, betel leaves and a bowl of flowers. A decorated kalasha-like pedestal with lion figures sits in the centre. Several seated people in white dhotis and saffron shawls chant at microphones on the right, and devotees in white sit along the rear.

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