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September 10 2006

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A large indoor hall stage hosts a Kumbha Mela-style event with a tall painted banner of a lion-riding goddess with a trident and flag behind an altar. Beneath it, several ornate gilded palanquin-like canopies with red and white fringes, flower garlands and framed pictures line the stage. A white-clad figure stands at a central altar with a white cloth and red floral decoration. A wooden lectern sits at the front left. A large crowd of seated and standing attendees fills the foreground, with a projection screen on the right. Printed copyright text appears in the corner.2006-09-10A photograph of a large indoor stage at an event hall, with a dark backdrop and a tall hanging banner of a standing goddess holding a red flag and trident beside a lion. Several ornate canopied umbrellas with red and gold trim shade decorated thrones and altars garlanded with flowers. Framed portraits of saints and deity images sit along the stage, and a small table at the centre holds offerings. Robed priests in white and saffron stand and sit on the platform. Seated audience members with their backs to the camera fill the foreground chairs, and a projection screen appears at the right edge.2006-09-10Wide stage view of a large indoor event with a dark backdrop and a tall banner of a standing deity with a lion beside him, holding a flag and staff against a blue and red sky. The stage is draped in orange and red cloth with marigold garlands, and holds several framed portraits, decorated murtis and ornate arrangements under small striped canopies. Seated robed figures sit behind a white-draped table at the centre, with a standing person at a wooden podium on the left. The audience in the foreground is seated and viewed from behind. Several printed portraits of bearded spiritual figures are visible on the stage.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Stage at a festival event with a large backdrop painting of a four-armed goddess standing beside a lion, holding a trident-like staff and a red flag, against a blue map-like background. Several ornate golden thrones decorated with garlands and flowers flank the stage, each holding a seated figure; a central seated figure wears orange and a yellow-robed priest sits at the centre table. A framed portrait of a bearded sannyasi in orange robes hangs on the right, and white and multicolour canopy umbrellas stand above the thrones. Red and orange drapery hangs below the table with a swastika-like floral emblem. A speaker stands at a podium on the left and audience members in the foreground are seen from behind.2006-09-10April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesA large stage at an indoor hall with a dark backdrop and orange, red and white draped fabric. A large banner shows a deity figure riding or standing beside a lion, holding a trident and weapons, with a map-like blue outline behind. Several ornate umbrellas and ceremonial kalasha-style arrangements are set across the stage, decorated with flower garlands. Framed portraits of saints are displayed among the offerings. A man in white stands at a wooden podium on the left and seated figures in white sit at a white-covered table in the centre. Audience members fill the foreground, seated in rows and some in white clothing.2006-09-10A photograph of an indoor theatre stage set for a ritual. A seated figure in saffron-orange and gold robes sits on a red and gold throne with lion-like armrests and a decorative umbrella overhead, on the left. On the right, an ornate golden shrine-like arch holds deity murti and flower garlands with a kalasha and offerings. Around a central cloth-covered area, about fifteen to twenty people sit on the floor in white, cream, red and orange clothing, some holding plates of fruit and food, as in a pada puja. Dark curtains and theatre balconies frame the scene.2012-12-20November 09 20072007-11-09April 24 20182018-04-24September 10 20062006-09-10A large crowd of seated devotees, many in white and some in orange, faces the stage from the foreground. On a raised stage with red drapes, a row of saffron-robed sadhus and priests sits along the front, with brass plates and offerings before them. Behind them stands an ornate golden shrine with a deity murti of Shiva and Parvati and a second decorated shrine on the right. A man in white clothing and a red turban stands at the front of the stage, and a cameraman in a white shirt films from the left. Strings of prayer flags hang across the top of the stage.2015-09-12 +2 copies