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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at left with his back to the camera, raising a multi-wick oil lamp toward a deity murti of Maha Kali. The black-skinned Kali figure has a protruding red tongue, a golden crown, a sword and a trident-like axe in raised hands, and a garland of white skulls around the neck. The murti stands in a gold arched shrine framed by red drapes, with skulls placed on the red altar cloth below. Offerings and ritual lamp flame suggest an evening puja.

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