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December 25 20152015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25September 21 20172017-09-21 +2 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual arrangement on bare reddish-brown ground. Central kalasha-style brass pots are draped with white and red flower garlands and sheaves of grass, set on a low brick platform with heaps of white rice and banana leaves. Around them are coconuts wrapped in white-and-blue checked cloth and netted, bunches of bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, two brass oil lamps and a small brass cup of liquid. No people are visible.2017-03-11July 07 20092009-07-07Close-up photograph of a ritual coconut dressed as a kalasha. A dried brown coconut with fibrous husk sits on a maroon and gold cloth wrapped around its base, decorated with green mango leaves and purple and white orchid flowers. Scattered orchid petals and red flowers lie on the surface around it, with a blurred stage background. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2015-12-23 +2 copiesA close photograph of a ceremonial kalasha-like object draped in a purple silk cloth with a yellow flower garland encircling it, decorated with gold-toned jewelled ornaments, pearl strands and a mango-leaf and coconut-like top. Beside it on a silver plate sits a heap of pink and white flower garlands with gold-coloured beads. Behind them stand polished silver figurines and a silver pedestal with gemstone inlays, on a striped woven cloth in red, green, purple and yellow. No people are visible in the frame.2017-09-28A temple ritual scene with several kalasha pots arranged on a gold-bordered maroon cloth. Each pot is a coconut topped with white jasmine garlands, set in colourful patterned bases, with green mango leaves at the rim. Behind them, several priests in white dhotis and white shawls sit cross-legged on the floor, one with a red thread on his wrist. Plates hold fruit, folded napkins, flowers and small brass vessels in the foreground, with a partly visible person at the left edge.2018-04-29 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02October 21 20152015-10-21 +2 copiesMay 24 20182018-05-24 +1 copiesOctober 26 20162016-10-26 +1 copies