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Night outdoor ritual at a temple-style shrine decorated with strings of coloured lights, leafy garlands and a striped cloth canopy. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border stands at centre holding a lit lamp or aarti flame before a pink Ganesha murti adorned with garlands and a white-lace backdrop, with flower garlands and an oil lamp in front. Several seated devotees in white and yellow clothing, one wearing gold ornaments, sit in the foreground watching. This appears to be an aarti or puja.

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