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A nighttime Navaratri-season ritual on a raised stage decorated with orange and white cloth and a banana-leaf garland. Behind the stage stand large white-framed decorated deity murtis, including a clay-like goddess figure with multiple arms holding weapons, and a figure with an elephant-headed form on the left. Several women in orange, red and magenta saris sit in rows, some with oil lamps and offerings, while a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red border stands centre-stage facing the murtis. On the right, a seated man in white robes and a bald head sits beside a figure in saffron/orange robes with white and ochre markings. In the foreground, many devotees' heads are visible, and metal puja vessels and brass lamps sit on the platform.

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