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A seated priest bare-chested in white dhoti sits before a marble murti of Devi Mahishasura Mardini, shown with multiple arms, a golden crown, red sari and a lion mount, adorned with red and white garland. The priest wears long tied-back hair, a beard, tripundra marks on his forehead, and multiple rudraksha malas. Before the deity are an orange silk cloth, a skull, yellow hibiscus, red roses, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a brass lamp, and a bowl of pink petals.

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