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Night puja before a large white-and-red deity murti of Durga, with a lion mount at its base, framed by orange-red string lights and a signboard reading Sri ... Temple. A woman in an orange sari and a bare-armed priest in white dhoti with gold border stand at the altar; the woman raises a small lamp toward the murti while the priest holds a silver aarti plate. A brass oil lamp burns on the stone steps, with potted plants and other people in orange and white at the right edge. Marigold garlands and flower offerings decorate the altar.

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