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A photograph of a fire ritual inside a hall. A man in an orange turban and orange robes, with a long dark hair and a beaded rudraksha mala across his chest, stands at the right of a square brick fire pit. He holds his hand over thick white smoke rising from the flames, while a flame and burning wood sit in the pit. Green leaves, coconut halves with red kumkum, and marigold garlands decorate the brick edge. A brass pot and a brass ladle sit at the left, and a silver tray of flowers and offerings is on the right. Behind the scene, a dark teal curtain hangs beside a deity murti draped in white flowers.

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