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Night photograph of a large white and red deity murti of Devi with many arms, holding weapons and wearing a white crown-like headdress, a yellow and orange marigold garland around her neck. Several devotees crowd close and lift or hold the figure, mostly bare-chested men in saffron and orange cloths, one in a white dhoti and a bald man with rudraksha beads. A yellow decorative umbrella is visible at right. Devotees push and reach toward the murti as it is carried in procession at night. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues.

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