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Night photograph of a large, richly decorated multi-armed deity murti of Devi, with a lion beside her and a blue-skinned figure at her right knee, set on a platform. The goddess wears a jewelled crown, red embroidered garment and yellow marigold garlands and holds weapons in many hands. In the foreground a man with a beard sits cross-legged on a striped cloth wearing a red-brown robe, a multicoloured flower garland and a rudraksha mala, raising one hand in greeting. Another man at the right edge, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala, holds a vessel overhead. Dark sky background.

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