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Night photograph of a large illuminated Ganesha murti with a golden crown and trunk, seated on a decorated platform draped in a patterned cloth, with mouse or small animal figures at its base. A man in a saffron-orange robe, with long hair and a garland of orange and yellow flowers, sits at the right side of the platform, holding a small wooden box and smiling. A few devotees stand in shadow at left, one raising an incense or lamp vessel with smoke rising. A flame flickers in the dark background, and foliage is visible at the right edge.

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