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A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine under a white canopy. In the foreground, a man with long black hair and a red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a flower garland, faces the shrine from behind. Before the shrine stands a golden deity murti of Ganesha with a pink-and-gold body, next to a large Durga murti with a golden halo and garlands, and a tall multi-armed Durga murti on the right holding weapons. Brass oil lamps, flower garlands, and offering plates with fruit and marigolds sit before them, petals are scattered on the floor, and a yellow-and-black square fire pit is in the foreground. Behind, two people in orange robes and a standing figure in white stand near a wall-mounted world-map banner with a portrait of a saffron-robed man. Palms grow in the background. Four or fewer people are visible.

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