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Night ritual photograph before a golden Ganesha murti draped in red silk and heaped with red, yellow and white flower garlands. Two young male priests in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand together; the one on the left, with white tripundra ash on his forehead and white markings on his arms, holds a silver vessel, while the one on the right, wearing a red-and-pink turban, lifts a flaming oil lamp over the vessel. Smoke rises from the lamp. Ganapathi homa or aarti with a kalasha-style vessel is evident. Dark background.

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