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A photograph of a hall set up as a navaratri golu display. In the foreground a large dark metal elephant statue with ornate trunk and carved headpiece stands on a tiled floor, with a second elephant statue beside it at right. Behind them a tiered golu arrangement of many small painted clay dolls and figurines covers a yellow-draped platform, under three ornamental umbrellas. A brass ceremonial staff with a finial stands at the right edge. A small bronze deity figure rests on a stone base at lower left, next to a miniature stone shrine. No people are visible.

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