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A photograph of a large painted Ganesha murti with a red and gold crown and yellow and red flower garlands, its trunk raised and hands holding a modak and other items. Facing it stands a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-brown dhoti, a red and white flower garland and a gold arm band, holding a bunch of yellow flowers toward the idol. A tin roof shelters the scene; lamps and flowers are visible, and a few people in orange are partly visible in the background near a brass bowl of offerings. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, red-orange clothing and floral garland on this standing figure match the candidate cues, and he is in front of the Ganesha murti performing an offering.

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