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September 05 20162016-09-05October 08 20162016-10-08Outdoor ritual scene under a canopy strung with hanging paper lanterns and red and yellow decorations. A large white and blue clay deity murti. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, with long hair and rudraksha malas, stand on a raised stone platform offering flowers and worship in front of the murti. Women in white saris and a few in colourful sarees watch from behind, and a priest in white stands at the left edge beside a drummer in orange. A white-clad attendant stands near the platform steps. A green 'a person TV LIVE' sign and a camera operator appear at the left. Palm and tropical trees surround the courtyard, with a banner area at the upper left. Roughly twenty to thirty people are visible.2016-08-27A photograph of a temple-style open pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and palm trees beyond. On the left, a golden deity murti or ornate golden vahana stands draped with green cloth and heavy marigold garlands. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair and an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border holds a small offering tray and stands with a bare-chested man in orange robes who holds a multicoloured yellow and green ceremonial umbrella with tassels. Behind them, several devotees in white and casual clothes stand with hands folded in anjali, and a photographer with a camera is visible. The scene suggests devotional worship and a procession.2011-10-26Photograph of a ceremony inside an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof hung with colourful fabric lanterns in yellow, green, blue, orange and purple. On a raised stage at the back, a decorated shrine with floral garlands holds a deity murti, flanked by pink-draped pillars. Three figures in saffron-orange robes stand before the shrine, one holding a trident-like staff, while a figure in white stands at the right edge. A large dense crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white sits on the floor in the foreground. A decorated umbrella stands at left and a banner reads Nithya Shakti. a person not clearly identifiable from appearance here; the saffron-robed figures are roles only.2008-12-25January 11 20172017-01-11A covered outdoor shrine area with a corrugated metal roof and palm trees behind. On the left, a golden deity murti of a seated figure stands beside a green cloth-draped platform, decorated with orange and white marigold garlands. A large multicoloured ceremonial umbrella with yellow, blue and green panels and tassels is held over a central figure. That figure, wearing a long dark wrap and a long-haired head, stands in orange silk robes with beaded necklaces, hands raised in anjali. To the right, two men in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand with hands joined, one bald and bespectacled. Around them, about twenty devotees in white, cream, red and saree dress stand in a semicircle with hands folded, some holding cameras or phones.2011-10-26January 11 20172017-01-11Night procession at an open pillared hall: a large painted Ganesha murti, elephant-headed with red face and gold ornaments, sits on a golden wheeled cart draped in a maroon cloth. Overhead, decorated umbrellas in green, yellow and red frame the scene. In the foreground a man with long dark matted hair, wearing a saffron-brown cloth, stands with his back to the camera and wears a thick garland of yellow and orange flowers. Along the left, women and girls in orange and red saris and salwar kameez stand with hands joined in devotion. On the right, men in white dhotis with gold borders stand holding ceremonial umbrellas. A small portrait is displayed on a screen at upper right.2016-09-15September 21 20162016-09-21October 26 20112011-10-26A photograph of an outdoor ritual before a large painted Ganesha murti, its trunk and blue-and-white body draped in red and pink garlands. Several devotees in saffron-orange dhotis, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, stand in a line on a raised stone platform holding offerings and lamps. Others in white dress and women in saffron and white saris stand behind them. A man in an orange cloth raises his arms near a red throne-like seat under a canopy of hanging colourful paper lanterns and yellow fabric. Potted plants, palm trees and a person live-streaming sign frame the scene.2016-08-27