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Outdoors on a dirt path through scrubland, several people carry a large clay Ganesha murti on a wooden palanquin-style platform. The murti has a golden crown, red and orange decorations, a tusk and a raised hand holding a sweet. On the left, a bald man in orange robes with red-smeared forehead and a rudraksha mala walks beside the platform. On the right, a man with long hair and a red-marked face wears a white dhoti with a gold border, and beside him a man in red-orange robes and a mala stands. Men in white and striped shirts help lift the platform, and more devotees in orange and red clothes stand behind. Rocks and bushes fill the background, with a black loudspeaker on a stand in view. The scene suggests a Ganesha procession, with people wearing red and orange colour marks.

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