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A large yellow-faced Durga murti with multiple arms holding weapons, including a trident, stands adorned with gold-patterned ornaments and a tall crown, surrounded by a halo of small heads. A long-haired person in a rust-red wrap stands on a steel railing platform, reaching toward the murti with a red-and-white garland draped over the shoulder. Below, a shirtless priest in a rust-red dhoti and rudraksha-style beads holds a plate and offers a flower, while another person with a bead necklace stands nearby. Tripod-mounted cameras and a white canopy frame the ritual setting. Pouring a plate of offerings and flowers suggests a puja at the deity murti.

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September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual at a temple pavilion under white tent fabric. In the foreground, a figure with long dreadlocked black hair, wearing a red-orange cloth and a red and white flower garland over the head, holds a brass tray of pink petals and a long golden rod, facing a large decorated deity murti of Devi Durga. The murti has a yellow face, large painted eyes, an ornate golden crown and embroidered gold bodice, adorned with white and pink flower garlands. Two women in white and red saris stand at the left edge near a painted banner. The setting suggests a Navaratri darshan at the shrine.2017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA large golden Durga deity murti with a yellow face, red and gold ornate crown, and multiple arms holding a trident and other implements, adorned with garlands of red and white flowers and pink blossoms. In the foreground a man with very long dreadlocked hair, bare-backed and wearing a rust-red dhoti with a gold belt and a gold armlet, stands with his back to the camera and performs an offering or adornment at the deity, holding a garland and a small silver bell-like object near the figure's face. Nine smaller painted faces surround the crown. Behind them a metal scaffold and a loudspeaker hang under a corrugated roof with pink cloth.2017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copies