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A festival scene at an outdoor stage during Dasara. A large colourful deity murti of a goddess with multiple arms and a lion mount stands at left, flanked by smaller painted figures and a decorated umbrella. In the centre, a white-clad priest with a shaved head and a bare upper body performs a puja at a white altar with a brass lamp, a kalasha-style vessel and plates of offerings, flowers and sweets. Behind him another priest in white and gold chains sits. On the right, a figure with long dark hair, an orange robe, a white garland and a rudraksha-style mala sits on an ornate red and gold throne. Strings of green leaves and fairy lights hang above, and a banner reads Dasara 2010. Devotees sit on the ground at lower left and bottom.

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