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Outdoor photograph of a Ganesha murti being anointed with turmeric paste under a gold canopy with red tassels, surrounded by green trees. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a gold bead necklace, applies yellow paste to the large black stone Ganesha with his right hand, holding a metal bowl. Beside him a shaved-headed man in an orange garment and gold bead mala holds the bowl. A younger man in white clothes and an orange shawl, with a red tilak, stands at the left edge watching. The black statue's raised trunk and tusk are visible on the right. The paste covers the statue's upper body.

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