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A shaved-headed priest, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a white sacred thread across his shoulder, pours a liquid from a golden vessel over a large black stone Ganesha murti. The murti is smeared with reddish-brown abhishekam substance running down its trunk and body. White vibhuti or chandanam marks decorate the priest's arms and shoulders, and he wears a rudraksha mala. The deity sits within an ornate gilded arch set against red draped cloth, with gold carved frames at the sides. The priest's face is not visible, so his identity cannot be established from the scene.

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