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Photograph of a festive Navaratri display of painted clay deity murtis under a white fabric canopy. At the centre stands a multi-armed Devi Durga figure in red and gold with a crown, holding a trident and other weapons, with a lion and a blue-skinned figure at her base. Flanking her are a Ganesha murti with a pink body and trunk on the left, and two standing goddesses with ornate golden haloes and jewelled garments, one holding a veena. Incense smoke drifts across the scene. No people are visible.

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