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Night-time outdoor photograph of a richly decorated deity murti set on a raised platform draped with an orange cloth. The murti is framed by a large arch of garlands in green, pink, purple and white, with a red-and-gold canopy above. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl and a tilak on his forehead reaches toward the murti, while a woman in a light blue jacket and a woman in white stand nearby, and a few people are partly visible at the edges, sitting or standing near the platform. Scattered petals lie on the cloth.

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