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Photograph of women in white traditional dress with gold-bordered sarees dressing two large black stone deity murtis for a temple ceremony. One woman on the left wears a white and gold saree and a tilak on her forehead, adjusting the red-and-green draped garment on the left figure. A woman on the right in a white saree with gold border dresses the right deity, which wears an orange turban and a red-and-maroon embroidered cloth. A third woman kneeling in the foreground in white adjusts the gold arm ornament of the left murti. Gold crowns and ornaments adorn both figures; a stage backdrop is visible at right. Three women are visible.

Two tall black deity murti stand against a wall, dressed in red and white silk with gold armour, jewelled crowns and beaded necklaces; one has an orange cloth draped over its head. A young man in white dhoti and shirt, with a tilak on his forehead and sandalwood paste on his arm, adjusts the figure on the left. A woman in a white sari with a red and gold border and red bindi arranges fabric on the second murti, while another person's hand appears at the lower right. The setting is a plain curtained backdrop.

A photograph of a temple ritual in progress. A large black deity murti is dressed with a wide garland of yellow, red, green and pink flowers and a golden crown, with a red and blue cloth draped over its shoulder. A woman in a bright orange robe with long dark hair reaches up to adjust the garland, while a woman in a white sari with gold border stands behind her. Another woman in white sari with gold border stands at left, assisting at the deity. Behind them a dark wall and a white-tiled wall frame the scene.

November 09 2007

November 09 2007

A photograph of workers preparing a large black stone deity murti of Ganesha, adorned with gold crown and gold-tipped ornaments, draped with white and blue cloth. Beside it stands a second dark deity murti in red and gold garments with a gold crown. A man in white dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, climbs a ladder and adjusts the figure, while a young boy in white leans in to help. Two women in white saris stand at right and a woman in white sari kneels at lower left near a red and yellow marigold garland. A red curtain hangs at left, and a small mic stand sits in front.

Inside a temple shrine, a priest in white dhoti and sleeveless white garment stands at right, reaching up to a large black deity murti draped in a red and green silk garment with gold zari borders and gold ornaments. A man with long hair, white tilaka and orange robe with rudraksha-style beads stands at left with his arms outstretched. Another person in saffron robes stands beside the murti, and an attendant in white is at the far right. A garland of white and pink flowers hangs at the left edge, and dark curtains form the backdrop.

Inside a white tented space, a person in orange saffron robes with long dark hair bends forward at the lower right, face turned down, near a row of black-stone deity murti. The murti are adorned with colourful flower garlands in pink, yellow, green and white, gold and jewelled crowns, ornate jewelled necklaces and gold-trimmed ornaments. A brass oil lamp and brass vessels stand at the base in front of the figures. A gold arched frame surrounds the central deities, with a vertical banner in green, yellow and navy bearing embroidered flowers and an elephant motif behind them. The scene suggests a temple-style puja or abhishekam setting.

A photograph inside a temple shrine with terracotta-red walls and a painted green-and-yellow arched pediment. Three black stone deity murtis stand in the niche, dressed in white cloth, gold garlands and orange-and-green drapes. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl stands at left with her back to the camera, facing the deities. At centre-right a man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha-style mala gestures toward the murtis with an open hand. Behind him several men in orange and white ritual clothes, one shaved-headed, stand near the doorway. Five people are visible in total.

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A photograph of a temple-style ritual under a white tent with gold-painted pillars. A man with long dark hair and a bare upper torso, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder, reaches up with his right hand to touch a tall ornate crown on a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a decorated golden-and-red crown with embroidered patterns, an ornate jewelled collar, and a red-and-orange flower garland. A second murti beside it wears a similar crown and a maroon cloth.

A temple sanctum scene in which a long-haired man in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands at left, extending his right hand toward a dark stone deity murti dressed in orange and red silk, with a tall crown, gold ornaments, a green gemstone necklace, and a large red and white flower garland arching overhead. He holds a brass vessel in his left hand. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style pot sit on the tiled floor, with orange curtains behind and a colourful folk-patterned textile hanging at right. A seated figure in gold-yellow clothing is partly visible behind the murti. The scene appears to show a ceremonial abhishekam or puja. Whether the robed man is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.