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A photograph of a ritual hall during a homa or chandi-homa. A seated man on an ornate gold-and-red throne, draped with garlands and flanked by golden parasols, presses his palms together; he wears an orange-red turban and orange-red robes with a red-and-yellow garland. Below the throne on the left, several women in red and maroon saris, with flower garlands, sit on a striped mat before rows of brass bowls and vessels. In front, a yellow brick fire pit holds offerings, coconuts, flowers and lit oil lamps, with brass pots and a kalasha-like vessel nearby. Several other men in white and orange clothes stand in the background near a green-leafed decorative arch.