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May 17 20162016-05-17A night-time photograph of a festival procession setup. In the foreground, three silver-coloured bull figures stand in a row, decorated with gold-edged red and purple cloth, red and gold harness straps, and coloured tassels in green, yellow and red hanging from the rail. Behind them is an ornate silver palanquin or ratha-style throne with a canopy, and to the right a large gold-coloured carved vehicle. Strings of green fairy lights decorate a white cloth backdrop, and a red flag flutters at the top left. Several men stand on the right, including one in a yellow-and-blue checked shirt and another in a black t-shirt, looking on. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.2016-04-28August 03 20092009-08-03August 03 20092009-08-03A photograph of silver ceremonial vahanas and thrones decorated with white flower garlands and red blossoms. In the centre, a small silver figure of a seated man with a raised hand sits on an ornate silver peacock-style seat with a stepped platform. Flanking silver mounts include an elephant-shaped carriage with a curved trunk and a second ornate seat. No living people are visible; the figure is a silver statue, and no a person depiction is identifiable from the statue's appearance. The background is blurred.2017-10-08Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityDecember 22 20102010-12-22November 21 20152015-11-21Night procession with a silver ceremonial palanquin under a silver canopy draped in red cloth and decorated with peacock feathers. A bearded man in a saffron-red robe with a white flower garland and rudraksha-style beads sits on the silver seat, smiling, with a red cushion beside him. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a white head cloth and a mala walks beside the palanquin. Behind them, women in orange and saffron saris and crowd members watch from the dark, with red flags on poles in the background.2017-05-06A photograph of disassembled silver ceremonial objects laid out on an orange cloth on a tiled floor. Ornate repoussé silver pieces include a large lion or simha-faced component, a long spear-like rod with twisted shaft, a curved arch-shaped piece, a decorative bowl-like base with bird-head motifs, and several animal-head fittings. Fine silver threads tie the pieces together. Partial feet and the edge of a patterned sari are visible at the frame's edges, but no complete person is shown.2013-09-04September 04 20132013-09-04April 16 20162016-04-16