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A night-time puja in an open pavilion with an orange-brick back wall, hung with green leaf garlands, string lights and striped fabric. At the centre stands a large white-decorated deity murti, a multi-armed goddess figure with a lion mount, flanked by smaller murtis and a ganesha figure. A priest in white dhoti and shawl offers arati and a plate near the altar, while another white-clad priest sits on the platform. Several young girls in red and white clothes sit by the altar. A figure in orange robes stands at the right beside an empty white chair, and a bare-chested man in orange-brown kneels at the right. Around twenty people sit in the foreground facing the altar.

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