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September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30A photograph of a shrine with a golden arched frame housing a deity murti with a red-orange face, multiple arms and garlands of yellow and orange marigolds. A single person in a saffron-orange garment sits cross-legged at the base of the shrine, performing a puja with brass vessels, lamps and offerings arranged on the stone platform. Blue velvet drapes frame the shrine, and string lights hang overhead. The person's face is not visible and no identification is made.2008-09-30A photograph of an outdoor shrine with a grey stone canopy and dark blue velvet curtains tied at the sides. Inside the arched shrine stands a deity murti with a red face, multiple arms and a crown, adorned with orange and red garlands and gold ornaments. In front is a stone altar holding brass lamps and offerings. A person in orange and red robes bends forward at the altar's edge. A tall brass vessel with an orange cloth wrap stands on the ground beside the altar. Strings of small lights hang from the canopy beneath green trees.2008-09-30August 17 20092009-08-17September 30 20082008-09-30A decorated stone shrine at an outdoor festival site with banana stalks and flower garlands framing the entrance. Two deity murtis stand under a gilded arch, adorned with long multicoloured flower garlands and bright red and gold cloth. Brass lamps flank the shrine, and offerings with fruit and flowers sit on the stone platform in front. A woman in an orange sari stands at the left edge, and blue draped cloth hangs at the sides.2008-12-30September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30A photograph of a temple shrine with a gilded arched frame. A goddess murti with multiple arms, wearing a red and orange head covering and a yellow and gold blouse with layered necklaces, is decorated with garlands of orange, yellow and purple flowers. Before her, a seated priest in an orange dhoti and orange shirt with a shaved head faces the shrine, tending brass lamps, a kalasha and small brass vessels on the stone platform. Blue drapes hang at the left, and a carved stone Ganesha panel sits in the foreground. Smoke rises from a small vessel beside the priest.2008-09-30A photograph of an outdoor temple shrine with carved grey stone pillars and an arched gold-framed niche. Two large deity murtis stand in the niche, one with a red crown and holding a raised hand, the other in dark-blue/black tones with a tall crown, both draped in white and purple cloth and garlanded with red-and-white flower malas. A smaller white-robed figure stands to the right in the shrine, and a blue seated figure sits on the central platform. Brass oil lamps, kalasha-like vessels and plates sit on the stone platform in front. In the foreground a man with long hair wears a saffron/orange sannyasi cloth wrapped over one shoulder and stands facing the shrine with hands clasped in front of him.2011-02-25September 30 20082008-09-30