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A shaved-chested priest in white dhoti with a green-and-maroon border stands at right, holding a fan and facing a decorated black deity murti in a Navaratri alankara. The murti wears a gold crown, a purple garment, jewelled necklaces and is garlanded with marigolds and white jasmine. Before it sit a pink lotus base, a kalasha with coconut and flowers, brass oil lamps, a smaller gold figure on a green cloth, and a framed print of deities. A large painting on the wall shows a crowned goddess seated with attendants. The priest wears a face mask and a rudraksha mala. This is a Navaratri Adi Lakshmi puja in an indoor room.

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