Close photo of a small dark metal Ganesha murti seated on a green-and-gold tray in front of a carved dark stone wall with smoke from incense rising across the frame. A person's hand, blurred, reaches in from the lower left to touch or adjust the murti. The murti has a red tilak mark on its trunk-side face and a golden halo behind its head. Incense smoke drifts in the upper left. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a small dark metal Ganesha murti seated on a green-and-gold tray in front of a carved dark stone wall with smoke from incense rising across the frame. A person's hand, blurred, reaches in from the lower left to touch or adjust the murti. The murti has a red tilak mark on its trunk-side face and a golden halo behind its head. Incense smoke drifts in the upper left.

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A small dark stone murti of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity, seated on a carved pedestal and set on a green-and-gold patterned cloth. The murti has a red tilak mark on its forehead, a crown-like top, and a raised trunk with a round gold-rimmed halo behind it. Behind it is a dark stone wall with carved scalloped moulding, and a sliver of gold-edged ritual plate sits in the foreground. No people are visible in the scene.

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KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 8/5/2022

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