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Night puja in an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and strings of marigold and small leaves hung overhead. On the right stands a large Ganesha murti dressed in a purple cloth and draped with white and orange flower garlands, flanked by smaller deity figures with garlands. A shirtless man in an orange-brown dhoti raises one arm toward the deities. In front, a white stepped fire pit holds a lit oil lamp, and several men in white dhotis and shawls sit on mats while brass pots, plates of offerings and fruit lie on a cloth. A framed portrait sits on an orange armchair at right. Scene consistent with a Ganesha puja.

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