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A photograph of two smiling women standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra in a shrine room with red curtains and a large black Ganesha murti. The murti wears a yellow cloth, a gold-and-red jewelled necklace, and a white and gold crown, and is garlanded with yellow, red and green flower strands. On the left, a woman in a cream floral long dress with a dark bindi stands near a framed notice. On the right, a woman in a turquoise salwar kameez with a peach-and-pink shawl stands beside a raised marble platform holding a brass oil lamp, a brass bell, a small brass bowl, a pink lotus, and a smaller dark murti in a purple cloth. The setting suggests a Ganesha puja, though no specific ritual is visibly shown.

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A smiling young woman in a turquoise salwar kameez with a pink dupatta stands in a temple shrine room, holding up a small red book with a cover showing a bearded man in ornate attire. Behind her stands a large black Ganesha murti draped in a yellow cloth with a white and gold turban-like headdress, a gold necklace, and a garland of marigolds and red flowers. To the right, a second deity murti in a red and gold garment is partly visible, and a dark curtain frames the room. Small brass lamps and offerings sit on a raised marble platform beside a smaller Ganesha figure in a pink cloth. A red bindi marks her forehead.2024-10-20A woman in a cream sari with sequined trim and a turquoise blouse performs a puja before a pyramid-shaped offering arranged with garlands of red and yellow flowers, limes, fried sweets and a dragon fruit at its top. She holds a lit oil lamp toward the offering. 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