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Photograph of a Navaratri Durga Prana Pratishtha setting with large golden-crowned murti of Devi Durga, yellow-faced with black hair and jasmine-and-marigold garlands, arms raised. A man in a rust-red dhoti with long dark hair and bare upper body stands on a metal ladder, holding a long staff and a flower garland near the murti's crown. Beside him a devotee in orange cloth, bare-backed, holds a brass tray of flowers. Other murtis with gold headdresses stand under a pink cloth canopy. Partially visible figures appear at the right edge.

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