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A photograph of a Ganesha puja under a tented pandal at an ashram. A large Ganesha murti with a trunk and crown, draped in red and garlanded with yellow and orange flowers, presides over a stone platform. Several men in saffron-orange robes and orange head cloths tend offerings and ritual items on the platform. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with gold border bends forward at the platform to perform the rite. Brass plates and pots, flower garlands, and a gold-and-red throne sit nearby. Seated devotees on striped mats in the foreground include a woman in white sari and a man in a green checked shirt. A colourful kolam is drawn on the ground, and a digital clock shows 05:20 on the pandal beam.