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December 12 20162016-12-12September 03 20162016-09-03Outdoor photograph of a row of grey stone deity murti statues set on tiered red-brick steps at a construction site. A man in an orange garment bends over among the statues, handling or arranging them. The statues include four-armed standing figures with crowns, a cobra-hooded figure, and seated figures. Red flags are visible at the top right behind a metal fence.2016-09-03A row of grey stone deity murti statues stands on terracotta-coloured steps in an outdoor yard, with red and orange flags on poles behind and green shrubs at right. In the foreground a seated multi-armed figure wears a tall ornate crown, and a standing figure at left holds raised hands beside a cobra-hooded piece. A person in orange cloth is partly visible at the top of the steps, near a few more statues. The sculptures are polished in dark granite with fine carved jewellery and headdresses.2016-09-03Outdoor photograph of several grey stone deity sculptures set against a red brick wall, overgrown with green vines and weeds. From left: a seated multi-armed figure with a tall crown, a standing multi-armed goddess with raised hands, a seated deity holding a mace-like object, and another seated figure with a staff beside a small granite shrine canopy on pillars in the foreground. No physical people are visible. The statues are unpainted granite.2016-09-03 +1 copiesApril 24 20192019-04-24Night photograph of a priest performing aarti before three dark grey stone deity statues set against a dark hedge and red brick wall. The priest stands at right, bare-chested and shaven-headed, with white markings on his forehead and arms, wearing an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulder and an orange dhoti. He holds a brass lamp with a burning flame in his right hand and a brass bell in his left. The central statue shows a standing deity with multiple arms beside a peacock, flanked by two smaller standing figures. Pebbles and a low rock border lie in the foreground.2013-05-27Night photograph of an outdoor shrine. A priest in an orange saffron robe and an ornate embroidered cap waves a lit oil lamp, a flame in a brass vessel with bells, toward a large dark stone deity murti of Ganesha with an elephant head and multiple arms. Two devotees in white clothes stand with their backs to the camera, and a photographer with a camera is at the lower left. A terracotta-coloured wall and bamboo frame the scene.2011-11-01December 26 20102010-12-26A photograph of rows of grey stone sculptures of seated deity figures on square plinths, set on grass under an open-sided corrugated shelter. A man in a white shirt and white trousers stands at left, raising a camera toward the statues, while a boy in a striped shirt and another child stand beside him. A woman in a white sari with a pale shawl stands further left. Beyond the fence, green trees and fields stretch under a cloudy sky.2014-09-21A night photograph of a stone temple shrine in a dimly lit corridor. A carved granite canopy with a domed roof, sculpted with a bull (Nandi) and other figures, sits atop weathered pillars. Two men stand at the lower left and right in the foreground, one in a dark shirt and one in white, while a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red cloth walks down the passage. A fluorescent tube lights the corridor ahead.2012-05-21October 04 20102010-10-04 +1 copies