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Outdoor photograph of a man in orange-red ochre dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-beaded rudraksha-style mala, a red bindi and white sacred markings on his forehead, smiling as he applies a yellow paste with his right hand to a large black stone Ganesha murti seated on a black pedestal. A canopy of gold and red fabric with red tassels hangs overhead, and a shrouded orange cloth lies folded on the pedestal. A steel vessel and other people in orange and white stand in the background under trees. Visible text reads Sri Nithyanandam Paramashivam? (watermarked credit omitted).

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