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Night-time photograph inside a decorated temple pandal under white draped fabric. Golden and yellow ornate arches frame several large deity murtis, including a central goddess figure with multiple arms holding weapons and seated on a lion, flanked by other figures and an elephant-headed Ganesha on the left. A priest in the foreground, shown from behind with bare upper body, a brown-orange cloth wrap and a beaded necklace, raises a lit oil lamp toward the deities. Other figures are partly visible in the lower foreground, one seated on the floor beside a flame and offering trays with flowers. A gilded throne with red cushion sits at the right, and a world map poster hangs at the upper left. Brass lamps, flower garlands and a kalasha are arranged on a draped altar.

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