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Ganesha abhishekam in a temple room with a large dark stone Ganesha murti seated on a black platform, its trunk and body coated with yellow turmeric-like paste. Two priests in white dhotis: the central priest, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and a gold-toned sacred thread, holds a small silver bowl and pours offerings over the deity; a second priest on the left, also bare-chested in white dhoti with a red-and-gold border, holds out a silver bowl. Two women with hair in buns sit with their backs to the camera on the floor, one in a blue sari with floral embroidery and one in a red-patterned blouse with a cream sari. A colourful tassel-hanging bundle of red, blue, green and yellow stands beside the deity, and a brass pot sits near the platform.

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