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Outdoor evening ritual stage under a tented canopy with orange and green draped borders and marigold garlands. A standing priest in a pink-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with a sacred thread, faces a raised golden throne-like seat where a seated figure in orange robes is present. Behind the throne, a deity murti of Durga-style goddess with lion and attendant figures is framed by a white floral arch, and a second golden shrine holds another garlanded deity murti. A man in orange clothing sits at right with hands folded in namaskar. Foreground holds brass bowls, kalasha-style vessels, plates of fruit and flowers, oil lamps and puja offerings on a yellow cloth.

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