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Outdoor evening homa at a Ganesh Chaturthi celebration. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a beaded necklace sits on a yellow-cushioned mat, holding an oil lamp with a flame while looking toward a square stone fire pit with a bright fire and a small brass bowl of offerings. Behind him, a seated man in a white shirt sits near the fire. Several seated devotees fill the background, including a woman in a magenta sari with a gold necklace, a woman in a white polka-dot top, and a child. White pillars and bamboo frame the scene. Marigold and rose flowers and a brass kalasha-style vessel lie near the fire.

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