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Photograph of a Navaratri puja inside a covered hall at Adi Kailaasa, with large colourful clay murtis of Durga with multiple arms holding weapons, a lion mount, Ganesha in pink and a blue-skinned deity beside them. Several women in saris sit in silver chairs wearing white, green, pink and yellow garments with white and yellow garlands. A young person in a blue and yellow dress sits in front. In the foreground a figure in orange cloth with long dark hair sits facing the altar, with brass oil lamps and flower petals on the floor. On the right, a bearded man in a brown robe and yellow-orange garland sits on an ornate silver and gold throne, with a white umbrella above him, while a standing man in orange and brown robes attends nearby. Brass lamps and offerings surround the altar.

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