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A photograph of a Laghu Puja in progress before an adorned deity murti of Devi Mahamariamman, dressed in a purple garment with heavy jewelled gold necklaces, a tall ornate crown, and garlands of white and red flowers. Peacock-feather fans frame the murti on both sides. In the foreground at right, a standing priest with a shaved head, white ash markings on his bare shoulder and back, and an orange-saffron cloth wrapped over his shoulder, holds up an offering near the deity. Smoke or incense haze fills the gold-framed shrine, and a green-and-white floral arrangement sits at the bottom edge. The overlay caption reads Laghu Puja, Paramashivoham Day 20, Pachai Pattini Vratam Day 10-20 Mar 2022. The priest is not clearly identifiable as a person, so no identity is asserted.