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Indoor ritual at Aadikailaasa during Navaratri celebrations. Three standing young men in white dhotis and orange shawls perform a ritual gesture, holding small brass vessels, in front of a decorated deity murti of Raja Rajeshwari garlanded with yellow and orange flowers and set on a green-draped platform. Several seated devotees in white clothing sit on mats with brass items before them, with more people in the background. A portrait of a seated figure hangs nearby, and a purple cloth backdrop and colourful pillars frame the hall.

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