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A photograph of a Navaratri puja at a temple pandal in front of a large, richly ornamented yellow and gold Durga murti with multiple raised arms, a crown, a red tilak and a holding a trident-like staff. Near the bottom right, a long-haired man with a swept-back dreadlock style and a red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a red and white garland, stands on the steps handing or offering items on a brass plate. In the foreground, a shirtless priest with a white sacred thread and a saffron cloth holds a brass plate of offerings near the murti's base, while a young boy in orange and beads watches at left. Metal scaffolding, a camera tripod and a loudspeaker sit overhead under a white tent cloth.

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