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Outdoor ritual scene under a corrugated metal shelter at an ashram. In the foreground a large painted Ganesha statue wears a gold-trimmed orange and yellow turban, white flower garlands, a green and purple silk cloth and jewelry; its trunk curls toward a sweet offering held in one hand. Beside it stands a smaller deity murti draped in red and white garlands on a blue cloth. A woman in a dark red and gold sari with a shawl stands with hands folded in namaskar. Other people in white dhotis and red-brown garments attend nearby, one holding a black ceremonial umbrella, and a sunshade canopy with a red fire pit or square basin sits in the lower left. Palm trees and red-roofed buildings appear in the background.

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