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Outdoor temple scene beside a red-washed wall and a large tree trunk. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with an orange-edged cloth pours liquid from a small vessel over a black stone Ganesha murti seated in a gilded arch. A second figure sits cross-legged on the right wearing a red-orange turban, orange-red robe, rudraksha mala and layered garlands of red and white flowers, smiling with a hand raised in a gesture. A brass pot stands at the left and a black cobra sculpture rests on a pedestal to the right. Marigold petals and red flowers lie at the base of the shrine. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure wears a red turban, rudraksha mala and layered garlands, consistent with the page's report of Swamiji at this event.

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A photograph of an outdoor shrine with a black stone Ganesha murti seated on a dark pedestal beneath a large tree trunk, framed by ornate gold-painted arch carvings on a red-washed wall. On the left, an elderly priest with white beard and glasses, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a gold-edged waist cloth, holds up an object toward the murti during ritual worship. Brass vessels stand on the ground at left. On the right, a large framed portrait of a smiling woman in a red-and-saffron head wrap and saffron garment, wearing rudraksha and pearl necklaces and pink and white floral garlands, appears as a printed picture beside the shrine. A small offering plate sits near the base of the murti.Outdoor photo at a temple shrine beside a red-washed wall. A bare-chested elderly priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands at left, holding a lamp toward a dark stone Ganesha murti with a trunk, seated on a pedestal and framed by an ornate gold arch. 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