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A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, shaved head, stands at left with his back to the camera, raising a white feather whisk (chamara-like fan) over a large white-and-silver Devi murti. The Devi figure has many arms, holds weapons including a trident-like spear, and is shown with a lion mount beside a green-skinned demon figure being subdued; a small figure in silver-white and gold stands at right, and another deity murti in white stands behind. The murtis are draped in yellow marigold garlands on a blue-patterned altar with a small brass oil lamp burning in the foreground, plus kumkum-marked offerings and a small Ganesha figure. The scene reads as a Devi puja or aarti at an outdoor shrine with palm trees behind. No physical person other than the priest is visible.

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