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A photograph of a Chandi Homa ritual at a temple shrine. Smoke rises in the foreground as a priest with a bare upper body and orange cloth sits at a homa fire pit, seen from behind on the right. In the centre a golden deity murti is seated on a decorated pedestal, garlanded with red and white flowers, with brass lamps and offerings in front. Two standing murtis flank it, draped in blue and purple silk with jewelled breastplates and yellow flower garlands. Red and gold shrine arches surround the figures. No identifiable person is shown in front of the camera apart from the priest's back and arm. Printed text reads Chandi Homa, Nithyanandotsavam 2021, Day 16.

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