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A night puja at an outdoor temple setting with a large blue-skinned Kali murti garlanded in yellow, red and white flower strands, holding a sword and trident-like implements. A bearded man in a brown-maroon robe and a long white-and-multicolour flower garland stands centrally, one arm raised and extended over offerings while smoke rises. Several shaved-headed, bare-backed devotees in orange cloth stand around silver and brass plates of food, fruit, bananas and lamps. A world map graphic hangs in the background beside strings of coloured lights and a small golden shrine. The bearded central figure's description: a man in a maroon robe performing the rite, with a probable identity cue only from his long hair, garland and ceremonial clothing, which are insufficient for certainty.

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