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September 06 20142014-09-06September 06 20142014-09-06September 06 20142014-09-06A large painted Ganesha murti with an elephant head, pink skin and four arms sits against a black night background. He wears a brown and gold turban-style headdress, silver and gold necklaces, and a maroon-and-gold draped garment. A person in the lower left, partly visible with a rudraksha mala on the wrist and an orange cloth, holds a brass oil lamp with a flame beside the deity, performing a lamp offering. The murti is decorated with a red kumkum-like dot and a floral forehead design, and the platform beneath it is pink and orange.2014-09-06September 11 20142014-09-11September 07 20142014-09-07A large painted Ganesha murti sits on a raised platform draped in purple and orange cloth, decorated with white and red flower garlands and a golden crown with a brown headcloth. A priest in a rust-coloured dhoti with a saffron shawl and white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms stands at the left, holding a bundle of green leaves during puja. Brass lamps and offerings sit on the platform, with a lit shrine of deity figures in the background. Dark night setting, consistent with a Ganesha Chaturthi puja and darshan.2014-08-21September 10 20142014-09-10 +2 copiesAugust 21 20142014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21August 25 20172017-08-25A large Ganesha murti with a reddish-maroon garment, gold crown, ornate jewelled necklaces, garlands of yellow marigolds and white flowers, and a golden modak-holding hand, seated on a decorated pedestal before oil lamps. At left, a shirtless man in orange cloth and orange turban raises an arm toward a hanging lamp or aarti flame. Two other men in orange turbans and saffron cloth stand near the base. Overhead, a white and pink tent canopy hangs over the ceremony. Two men appear at the lower left, partially visible. The scene shows ritual worship before the Ganesha murti.2017-08-25