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Six children sit on the floor of a temple shrine before a golden Ganesha murti decorated with an orange garland and gold necklace. A boy in a white and gold dhoti with the hands in anjali mudra gazes upward, while a younger boy in a yellow dhoti and bare chest holds a rudraksha mala. Two girls in yellow checked dresses and a girl in green sit on blue mats; a small girl in red and blue kneels at left. A brass tray holds a lit oil lamp, brass bowls, kumkum and sindoor boxes, and rose petals sit nearby. The scene is a puja, with an oil lamp burning on the tray.

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