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A large painted clay Ganesha murti stands at right, with a cream-and-red face, a decorated crown with green and gold ornaments, flower garlands in red, pink, white and yellow, and a golden ornament on its trunk. At left, a bare-chested man with long dark hair hanging down his back wears a rust-orange dhoti-style wrap, a red and yellow flower garland and a gold armlet, standing with his hands folded near the murti. The setting is a open-sided metal-roofed shelter with palm trees visible outside. Only the one visible person is present.

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