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A two-storey model house built from thin wooden sticks, shown against an orange backdrop. The roofs are steep and gabled, with small windows having red and yellow panes, arched doorways and a green door on the lower floor. Each level has a railed balcony or veranda floored in yellow. No people are visible; the model sits on a white surface.A photograph of cyclone damage on a sandy beach. A young boy in a green shirt and red shorts stands beside a light blue wooden boat, which is tied to a concrete pole with rope. Behind him a brick house has partly collapsed, with a thatched roof and palm fronds piled in the sand. A palm tree leans over the scene, and colourful laundry hangs on a line to the right. Sand has drifted over the ground, and debris lies scattered around.2012-01-03May 22 20182018-05-22September 21 20172017-09-21A photograph of a miniature diorama arranged in sand among green leaves. Painted ceramic figurines include a seated Shiva figure with a trident and a bull, two small shrine-like figures with pink and black bases, a seated figure in white and red, several cows, horses, dogs, rabbits and small monkeys, a thatched-roof hut, and small robed figures with folded hands, including one in orange. A small oil lamp sits in a green dish on the sand, and a dark elephant with a pink and purple cloth stands at the lower edge. A red cloth backdrop frames the scene. No physical people are visible.2014-09-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a Navaratri golu display arranged on sand inside a plain room with pink walls. Small painted clay and wooden figures stand among miniature temples, a golden chariot with a tiered canopy, a small pink shrine, and a decorated gateway with a peacock motif. A figure of a dancing deity stands near the chariot, and a mini elephant sits on the sand. On the right, a raised altar draped in gold cloth displays many small deity dolls. Umbrellas and brass lamps frame the scene, and in the foreground carved stone figures and a pair of painted figures in orange and green garments stand beside small pink oil lamps on a blue cloth. No living people are visible.2016-10-08A festive golu display arranged on sand in a hall, showing small painted clay and wooden figurines. In the foreground, an orange-skinned monkey figure in green-and-saffron garments stands beside a green-clad figure and a dark stone-like figure. Centre stage, a decorated arch with a peacock motif frames two small figures standing on a patterned floor mat with a toy elephant nearby. Behind, a miniature wooden temple chariot with a red-and-gold canopy and a small red house model appear on the sand. A row of pink-covered offering trays sits on a blue mat at right, and a tiered altar with golden drapes and many figurines and deity images stands along the back wall beneath umbrellas. No physical people are visible.2016-10-08 +1 copiesDecember 25 20082008-12-25October 08 20162016-10-08 +1 copiesExterior of a rustic mud-plastered hut with a thatched roof and a blue wooden door, its walls decorated with white kolam geometric patterns and a red-painted base with white scalloped border. A bamboo railing lines the entrance steps. Through the trees in the background, red and white painted structures with figurines are visible. A few people sit at the left edge, but their faces and figures are mostly out of frame. The scene is a village-style shrine or ashram hut at the venue.2010-02-03Outdoor photo of a thatched conical roof shelter on a circular red-and-white raised platform in a green garden with orange marigolds and shrubs. Several people in white and cream clothing stand or sit under the thatch, some in white dhotis and white saris, with a woman in a dark garment at centre. A bright sky, palm trees and a green bench in the foreground complete the scene.2005-05-20December 28 20082008-12-28