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Night ritual scene with a row of young boys seated on a raised platform beside a visible fire pit with flames at the lower right. The boys wear saffron, orange, gold and blue silk garments and white marks on their foreheads and arms; several wear flower garlands of yellow marigolds, red roses and white jasmine, and some hold silver kalasha-style vessels wrapped in flowers. Behind them stands a large deity murti of Ganesha with a pink trunk, garlanded in yellow and white flowers, with a pale murti beside it. The setting appears to be a homa or puja at night.

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