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A photograph of a night puja at a decorated pandal. On the left, a figure in an orange saffron robe and orange head covering holds a lit aarti lamp toward the shrine, with smoke drifting through the air. The shrine on the right holds a large white-and-blue arched backdrop framing a deity murti with a multi-armed goddess figure in red and black, flanked by two smaller figures in white and gold, with a lion mount at the base and oil lamps and offerings in front. Strings of warm fairy lights decorate the canopy and walls. The backs of several devotees' heads are visible in the lower foreground. The sign on the right reads SRI NANDES, partly cut off. The aarti-holder's identity is uncertain from appearance alone; the saffron-clad figure is described by role.

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