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A festival photograph of two ceremonially decorated deity murti, a standing male figure in an orange headcloth and tall jeweled crown beside a female figure in a pink and blue sari with jewelry and a dark braid. Both are draped in dense garlands of yellow and white marigolds, red and pink roses, purple flowers and green leaves, forming a large floral frame. The male figure raises one hand in abhaya mudra. A striped red, white and green canopy with silver tinsel sits above. No physical people are visible.

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