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Outdoor ritual scene at a temple-side pavilion. A bare-chested priest with a beaded necklace and sacred markings sits on a red cloth before a steel plate with a yellow item, a bottle, and heaps of bananas and flower offerings, apparently performing a homa-style rite. Beside him a man in a checked shirt and another man in a patterned shirt kneel and assist with offerings. Behind them a row of men in white dhotis and shirts stand with folded hands, with a boy in a blue shirt among them, and a small boy in a dark shirt kneels at the lower right. Electrical cables run across the floor and a patterned mat lies at the right.

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