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A night photograph of a festival procession image: a gilded deity murti seated on a golden peacock-like vahana within an ornate gold arched frame with an orange backdrop. The murti is draped in bright yellow, red, white and pink flower garlands and wears jewelled ornaments and a crown. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with bare chest, rudraksha mala and red-and-white forehead markings, sits at lower left beside the image. Smoke rises from the right, and a green and red canopy with fringe hangs above.

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Night photograph of a festival deity murti (Murugan/Subramanya form) seated on a golden peacock vahana within an ornate gold arched canopy on a raised platform. The deity wears a red and gold embroidered garment, jeweled necklaces, a conical crown and white dhoti, and is draped in thick garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigold and red flowers. Smoke drifts in the background and colourful string lights glow. On the left a standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with bare upper body, holds a small object. A partially visible figure in dark clothing is in the lower left foreground. Festival procession setting.2016-11-05March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesNovember 05 20162016-11-05Night photograph of a golden ratha-style palanquin on a wooden cart, with a deity murti seated in a gilded arch under a multicoloured fringed canopy. The murti wears a crown, a jewelled chest ornament, and is heavily garlanded with white and red flowers, with smoke drifting around it. In front, a shirtless man with a long braid and orange cloth stands holding a ritual lamp and a white cloth, while a woman in an orange-red sari is at the right edge and another person in orange stands at the lower left. A stepladder and string lights appear in the background. The page refers to Skanda Shasti Mahotsava and a satsang, but no name or visible caption on this image confirms that.2016-11-05April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesMarch 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17Night photograph of a decorated processional ratha or palanquin carrying a golden deity murti, adorned with heavy garlands of yellow and white flowers, layered gold necklaces, and a crown. Strings of white fairy lights and hanging golden bells with pink, orange and turquoise tassels frame the shrine beneath a pink and gold canopy. Two standing attendants flank the murti: on the left a person in white dhoti with bare upper body and ornaments, and on the right a person in saffron-orange garment with a beaded necklace. The background is dark.2016-02-17 +1 copiesApril 29 20152015-04-29November 05 20162016-11-05Night procession photograph of a gilded utsava murti in an ornate golden arched shrine palanquin beneath a large red and white fringed umbrella topped with a gold trident emblem. The deity figure wears a tall crown, a heavy red-and-gold beaded garland with yellow, red and pink flower garlands, and a white and striped cloth. The palanquin is carried on a golden elephant-shaped base with flower garlands. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a sacred thread walks at lower right, and a few white-clad people are faintly visible in the dark background.2015-11-11March 07 20162016-03-07