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September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA procession ratha carrying a pair of decorated murti of Krishna and Radha, both with blue and red-skinned painted faces and golden crowns. Krishna plays a flute and wears a yellow dhoti with a peacock feather on his crown; Radha wears a red-gold sari. Both are draped in orange, yellow and pink marigold and flower garlands. A young woman in a yellow and green embroidered outfit with bangles stands at right, smiling and holding the cart rope. At left, a saffron-robed sadhu holds a broom-like staff. Plain painted backdrop with trees behind the figures.2015-09-15KailasaInPhoenix Event 2009 03 29 +1 copiesA photograph of a Janmashtami puja at a temple shrine. Two white marble murtis of Krishna and Radha stand in the background, dressed in yellow and gold brocade garments with red and white flower garlands and jewelry; Krishna holds a flute. On a green cloth in front, a small brass murti is decorated with flowers. A shirtless man with long grey hair, rudraksha malas, and a tilak sits on the left in a white dhoti with an orange shawl, holding a silver bowl and offering. A young boy in a blue kurta stands at center, reaching toward the offering, with a tray of red and yellow petals beside him. Red roses and a decorated wooden palanquin appear on the right. Visible people: three.Photograph inside a temple shrine showing two white marble deity murtis dressed in colourful silk and peacock-feather skirts; the left figure plays a flute and wears a peacock crown, the right wears a purple blouse and pink skirt with a gold necklace. Before them, a seated man in a white head cloth, white shawl and yellow dhoti performs a puja with hands joined, while a woman in a white top in the foreground holds a plate of red flowers. Brass bells, a kalasha-style lamp with a lit oil lamp, incense sticks, fruit and silver bowls sit on a low table. Garlands and gold drapery frame the shrine.2022-08-18 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 2/27/20222022-02-27November 09 20072007-11-09A shirtless man with short grey hair, glasses and a rudraksha mala performs aarti with a lamp before a pair of white marble deity murtis. The taller figure on the left plays a flute and wears a gold turban, gold dhoti and jewelled red-and-gold choli; the figure on the right wears a red veil, red-and-gold sari and gold jewellery. Gold drapery hangs behind them, peacock feathers stand in a vase at right, and blue cloths and a gold cloth lie on the floor.2022-04-17A photograph of a temple scene in which a man with long, curly dark hair and a bright smile, wearing an orange-saffron robe and with white ash marks on his arms, raises a bundle of grass or whisk above a row of colourful deity murtis. The murtis are dressed in yellow and gold garments with ornate crowns and garlands. Beside him, another person in orange robes stands, and a devotee in orange kneels at the left with hands folded. A brass vessel and a small decorated basket sit at the lower left. The setting appears to be a plain, pale temple wall with a red flower offering at the base.2007-11-09A temple shrine scene with white marble deity statues: on the left a goddess statue in a cream and red sari holding a staff, and in the centre and right a Krishna figure playing a flute beside a Radha figure, both in yellow embroidered garments with red and white flower garlands. In front, a wooden cradle-like swing decorated with yellow marigold garlands sits on a green cloth, with a small yellow-clad figure, fruit, a brass pot and flower petals. A seated man with bare chest, white dhoti and a gold-bordered cloth sits at right, his hands near the swing, while a woman in a maroon-and-gold blouse and yellow sari kneels at left holding a flower garland. Another man is partly visible at the left edge. Pink umbrellas hang in the background, consistent with a Janmashtami puja offering.A temple shrine decorated for Krishna Janmashtami with marble deity murtis of Krishna playing a flute and Radha in yellow and red silk saris, adorned with yellow and red flower garlands. Behind them stands a murti of a goddess with a lion mount and raised weapons. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti with bare upper body and rudraksha mala sits on green cloth beside a woman in a teal floral kurta, both offering flowers and a garland. Bananas, a brass plate, flower petals, and a small Krishna figure on a swing with a wooden frame sit on the green altar cloth. Other people are partly visible at the left edge, including a bare-chested man with a mala.November 09 20072007-11-09