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A photograph of a festival deity display at night. A man with a long dark braid, full beard and bare chest stands at lower left, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala, holding a flaming torch or lamp aloft in one hand. Behind him, a golden ornate shrine with lattice panels frames a red-draped canopy adorned with yellow and white flower garlands. Three deity figures stand in the shrine: a central goddess in red and gold ornaments and a tall crown, flanked by two attendant figures in jewelled gold attire. In front of them, a large dark metal bull (nandi-like vehicle) with red cloth and decorated horns is draped in red and garlanded with marigolds. Caption text at bottom reads 'dvajarohanam for rajarajeshwari brahmotsava 2021'.

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