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December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28A person in a white long coat and dark trousers stands on a silver aluminium stepladder, reaching up to adjust decorations on a large brown fabric backdrop. The backdrop displays painted-style Shiva symbols: a white crescent moon, a white trident (trishul) with a tilted decorative element, and a drum-like damaru shape on the left. A gilded crown-like ornamental border runs along the top edge. At right, the gold-canopied palanquin or ratha is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and white flower strands. Overhead, metal roof trusses and stage lighting are visible.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28A man in a white long kurta and dark trousers stands on a silver aluminium stepladder and reaches up to adjust or light a small metal oil lamp on an ornate golden carved cornice. Below him a stretch of burlap-textured backdrop displays large white painted elements, including a white trident-like emblem and a painted deity face with a dark headdress and orange beaded adornment on the right. A yellow and white flower garland is visible at the lower left edge. The setting is an interior stage or temple hall with a grey fabric ceiling and exposed metal beams overhead.2008-12-28A photograph inside a decorated temple-style setting during a ritual. On the left, a golden canopy (kalasha-like chhatra) draped with yellow and white flower garlands sits over a deity murti or ritual object. A man in white clothes stands on a metal stepladder fixing a decorative emblem on the wall, while another man in white with a yellow shawl holds a small metal vessel. On the right, a seated man in white shirt wears a rudraksha mala and holds lit candles. Wooden pillars, burlap wall panels and a large carved frame form the backdrop, with brass lamps in the foreground.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28August 27 20172017-08-27December 19 20152015-12-19