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Outdoor temple courtyard during a Navaratri-style festival. In the centre stands a large white and gold-bordered deity murti of a goddess with multiple arms, seated on a blue-draped pedestal with flower garlands and offerings. To its left, a seated stone or dark-painted bull figure sits with a yellow cloth and flower garland. On the right, a woman in a brown-orange sari sits on a red cushioned chair beside a steps platform and a blue-fringed canopy. A tall bronze kalasha-style pillar with yellow marigold garlands stands in the foreground left. Trees and a tin-roofed shelter frame the background, and a few seated devotees are visible at the bottom edge.

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