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A photograph of an outdoor puja before a large painted Ganesha murti with a red trunk, gold-trimmed crown and yellow and white flower garlands. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard wears a red and white flower garland and a rust-coloured dhoti, holding a brass lamp and a small bell or vessel toward the deity. Several women in orange saris stand behind him, and a few people sit in the foreground. Palm trees, a tiled roof and greenery frame the scene. The bare-chested man has long swept-back hair and a beard, with a garland and ornaments, which fits the appearance cues for a person, so he is the person in the centre performing the ritual.

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