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A temple scene during Navaratri celebrations. A bare-chested man in a rust-brown dhoti-style cloth stands centrally, wearing a long garland of yellow and pink-magenta flowers, a heavy gold ceremonial necklace and gold armbands, with a vertical tilak on his forehead and eyes lowered. Behind him stands a large yellow-clad goddess murti with multiple small faces around her halo and a raised hand, and to the right an ornate silver-and-jewelled throne or peetha with an orange cushion. An oil lamp sits at lower left, and a seated attendant in saffron cloth is at lower right. Colourful string lights hang in the background.

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