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A festival deity murti is carried or displayed on a gold-framed palanquin-style throne with an arched gold backdrop and a large orange umbrella canopy with blue and green tassels above it. The murti wears a purple and maroon garment with red and white banded sashes, a layered gold crown, a trident-like staff and a rudraksha-style mala, decorated with yellow marigold garlands and green leaves. A gold vahana-like base with elephant-trunk style ornaments sits in the foreground, and the setting is a dark indoor hall. No physical people are visible.

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