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A photograph of a priest seen from behind, bare-backed with white sacred ash markings and a rudraksha bracelet, offering puja to a metal deity murti of Devi Parashakti. The murti wears a gold crown, jewelled necklaces, and a white and gold garland, and sits inside a gilded shrine canopy draped in red and yellow roses and yellow and purple flower garlands. A smaller figure in red headwear and gold ornaments sits at the lower right. Faint text on the image reads 'Nithyanandotsavam Uttaranga Utsavam' and 'Devi Parashakti Theppotsavam'.

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