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Indoor temple-style Navaratri puja under a metal-roofed pandal, with large colourful deity murtis of goddesses with multiple arms, one holding a trident-like weapon, beside a lion and a blue figure. A man seated on an ornate silver throne with a yellow-and-orange tiger-striped cushion wears a saffron-coloured cloth and a yellow flower garland, hands folded in namaskar. Nearby a priest in an orange-brown dhoti stands by a lit brass oil lamp, while women in green, pink, yellow and white saris sit with flower garlands on the flower-strewn mats. Two boys in orange cloth stand near a square fire pit with offerings. The seated man has long hair and a shaved-looking appearance and no clear distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.

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A Navaratri puja in a covered hall with large golden-framed deity murtis of a multi-armed goddess riding a lion and a goddess with a veena. Seated women in saris of green, pink, yellow and red sit on the floor with garlands and oil lamps before a fire pit, while a priest in a red-orange dhoti stands near the pit. On the right, a seated man in a red-orange dhoti and a flower garland sits with folded hands on an ornate silver throne, a silver umbrella-style canopy above him. Flower petals and garlands cover the carpeted floor. Several people are visible, including a boy in an orange cloth at the bottom edge.2017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21A festive Navaratri puja at an open-sided temple hall with a corrugated roof. Large gilded and jewelled murtis of goddesses stand behind the scene; one goddess holds a sword aloft and rides or stands beside a lion. Seated devotees in silk saris and dhotis face the shrine, many wearing white flower garlands, with oil lamps and brass vessels in front. A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl sits on an ornate silver-decorated throne at right, hands joined in prayer with a yellow-orange garland. Two young boys in orange cloth stand at a square fire pit in the foreground, and the floor is covered with flower petals and coloured mats.2017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21