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Evening Navaratri ceremony under a decorated tent with red carpeting and hanging colourful cloth banners. Rows of seated male devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas sit bare-chested and palms joined or seated in meditative posture, with small brass items and folded cloth on the floor before them. Behind them stand golden deity figures, a red-and-gold display of small figurines stacked on shelves at left, and string lights. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.

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