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A large Ganesha murti sits on a tiered pedestal draped with a purple and gold brocade cloth. The deity has an elephant head, a gold crown, and wears a silver necklace and a yellow and red marigold garland. Gold-toned hands hold a sweet and an axe. Behind him, a brightly lit shrine glows with marigold garlands. At the lower right, a person in an orange-brown robe with a flower garland sits with bowed head facing the murti, seemingly in devotion. Another person's head appears at the bottom edge. The setting resembles a temple or festival stage with red and white striped walls.

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A large painted Ganesha murti sits on a raised platform draped in purple and orange cloth, decorated with white and red flower garlands and a golden crown with a brown headcloth. A priest in a rust-coloured dhoti with a saffron shawl and white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms stands at the left, holding a bundle of green leaves during puja. Brass lamps and offerings sit on the platform, with a lit shrine of deity figures in the background. Dark night setting, consistent with a Ganesha Chaturthi puja and darshan.2014-08-21August 25 20172017-08-25 +1 copiesA large Ganesha murti with a brown-red body, gold crown and jewelled necklaces, adorned with yellow and white marigold garlands, sits in an open tent-like pavilion with red-and-white striped pillars. In the foreground, two men in saffron-orange robes and turbans perform a homa: a large fire blazes at right while one priest with bare torso and white sacred ash markings on his arms gestures over brass bowls and a tray of white flowers. Kalasha pots and brass vessels surround the offering altar.2017-08-25A large painted Ganesha murti with an elephant head, pink skin and four arms sits against a black night background. He wears a brown and gold turban-style headdress, silver and gold necklaces, and a maroon-and-gold draped garment. A person in the lower left, partly visible with a rudraksha mala on the wrist and an orange cloth, holds a brass oil lamp with a flame beside the deity, performing a lamp offering. The murti is decorated with a red kumkum-like dot and a floral forehead design, and the platform beneath it is pink and orange.2014-09-06A photograph of a Ganesha murti seated on a red-and-gold throne, adorned with a red and gold crown, red headcloth, pearl-and-stone jewellery, and long garlands of red roses and yellow marigolds. A priest from behind, bare-chested with a white dhoti and gold border, reaches toward the deity's face with an oil lamp flame visible at the lower left. The deity's raised hands hold ritual objects. Warm reddish lighting fills the shrine.2016-09-08Large Ganesha murti seated in a pink-and-white canopied hall, painted grey-pink with gold crown, gold ornaments, green and gold blouse, and orange dhoti; four hands hold a gold shankha and a gold conch-like object, plus raised palms with orange-tipped fingers. A brass oil lamp with a visible flame stands at right. At left edge, two orange-robed sannyasis wearing rudraksha malas stand near the murti; one wears an orange turban. Strings of multicoloured lights hang from the ceiling.2017-09-03August 29 20142014-08-29A photograph of a Maha Ganapathi homa at an outdoor canopied pavilion. A large Ganesha murti with a brown and gold garment, pearl and gold necklaces and flower garlands sits behind a golden fire pit where a bright flame rises. A shirtless priest in an orange turban and white body markings sits cross-legged before the fire, his hands raised in offering. Other men in saffron-orange robes and turbans sit around the fire, one holding a microphone, and a brass lamp stand with garlands is placed nearby. Plates of flowers, brass vessels and a striped mat complete the scene.2017-08-25August 27 20162016-08-27September 08 20162016-09-08A large seated clay murti of Lord Ganesha dominates the frame, painted pale pink-grey with gold ornaments, a gold crown, a white tilak and a yellow-and-red forehead mark. Its trunk curls toward the belly, and it holds a golden modak-bowl and an axe-like gold implement in its upper hands while the lower hands show a blessing gesture. It wears orange and green draped garments and a gold chest ornament, and sits on a dark pedestal beside a magenta cushion. To the left, several sannyasis in orange robes and orange head wraps and rudraksha malas stand near the statue. A tented ceiling with strings of coloured lights and a brass lamp stand with a flame on the right complete the setting.2017-09-03A large seated Ganesha murti dominates a tented outdoor shrine. The elephant-headed deity wears a maroon garment, a gold crown and a maroon headband with a silver band, and holds golden objects in his raised hands. He is draped in layered white and gold garlands and a silver necklace, with a tilak on his forehead. Brass oil lamps flank the murti on both sides, and the white and pink canopy overhead is strung with small coloured lights. No physical people are visible.2017-08-25 +1 copies