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A photograph of an outdoor Ganesha abhishekam under a festive canopy. A man in orange-red ochre robes, a thick gold bead necklace and a red tilak stands beside a large black stone Ganesha murti whose trunk and body are coated in turmeric-yellow paste, with an orange cloth draped over its head. He rests one hand on the murti while looking down at it. Behind him, a figure in white and another attendant in orange work at the base near a vessel, with green trees and a red-and-gold canopy overhead.

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