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Night photograph of an outdoor temple-style procession or festival stage. A large gilded deity murti, adorned with multicoloured flower garlands and gold necklaces, stands at centre on a green-draped platform framed by ornate gold arches. A standing figure at left wears a white turban, white and gold dhoti-style garment and beaded jewellery, holding an object near the murti. At right a figure in an orange-saffron garment with gold trim and white bangles stands beside a black lectern. A bright lamp shines above. Several seated devotees in silhouette sit in the foreground.2015-02-03February 03 20152015-02-03January 10 20152015-01-10Night photograph of a decorated processional ratha or palanquin carrying a golden deity murti, adorned with heavy garlands of yellow and white flowers, layered gold necklaces, and a crown. Strings of white fairy lights and hanging golden bells with pink, orange and turquoise tassels frame the shrine beneath a pink and gold canopy. Two standing attendants flank the murti: on the left a person in white dhoti with bare upper body and ornaments, and on the right a person in saffron-orange garment with a beaded necklace. The background is dark.2016-02-17 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02 +1 copiesNight photograph of a temple-style procession or ritual. Two young men in plain white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies stand on the left. One holds a large white feathered fan (chamara) raised toward a deity murti on the right, while the other rests a hand on the cart's edge. The murti is adorned with a garland of white, yellow, red and green flowers, a gold crown and a blue band, and sits in a gilded arched shrine with green drapery beneath an orange-and-blue canopy. A golden bull (nandi) forms the base of the palanquin, and rudraksha malas hang from the attendants' necks.2015-02-19Night photograph of a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, white and yellow flowers, standing in a gilded arched shrine with a dark cloth backdrop and a fringed canopy overhead. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti at the left waves a fan-like object toward the murti. Several people in orange and white clothing stand at the right holding long poles, and small oil lamps flicker on the ground. Strings of coloured lights and a green light are visible in the background.2016-11-05March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesJanuary 10 20152015-01-10Photo 11692639 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17April 13 20142014-04-13