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																														His image is carried around the 
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three times in a kind of 
																														
pradakshina-like procession, one evening 
prior to the start of the ten day festival. The first three nights of the festival are devoted to the terrible and destructive    Kali or  
    
																														Mahakali, the next three nights are held in honour of the gentle and prosperous  
																														
    Lakshmi and the last three nights the wise and knowledgeable  Sarasvati is worshipped. 
	
						
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