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A man wraps up an elephant god statue that a couple has just bought. The Indian couple return home, cradling their Ganesh murti, intended for Ganesh Puja, and bought during th Ganesh Chaturthi season. They board a three wheeler auto rickshaw taxi with their new acquisition, and head towards home. The seller helps them with the statue up to the auto. A wealthier middle class family comes and purchases a larger Ganesh statue and places it within their mid-sizd sedan. The owner is wearing his mask while his driver drives him around town. A man wears his bike helmet and helps his wife wear her motorcycle helmet, and they then return home with a smaller Ganesh idol. They seem to be following traffic rules as pillion riders are also supposed to be wearing a helmet, in addition to the two-wheeler
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