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A festive display of painted clay dolls, a golu arrangement, on tiered step platforms draped in gold and maroon brocade. Centre stands a multi-armed goddess figure in a pink and red sari with a tall crown, flanked by a seated figure playing a veena and another figure riding a tiger, plus a seated figure on a lotus at right. Around them are smaller dolls of gods, sages, a bull, a silver mountain-like shrine and a small temple model. No living people are visible in the frame apart from a small figure in yellow at lower centre, who appears to be a doll as well.

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A photograph of a navaratri golu display: a tiered arrangement of painted clay dolls and figurines on a gold-brocade cloth. At centre stands a large multi-armed goddess figure with a crown, red-and-pink sari and jewelled necklaces, seated on a green-and-yellow lion-like mount, flanked by a seated deity playing a veena and another goddess on a striped tiger. Smaller figurines include a priest-like figure in orange and a child in yellow, dolls in blue and green saris, and silver temple-shaped models at the back. Visible figures are statues only, with no living people in the frame.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a golu display of painted clay dolls arranged on a white cloth and an orange-gold silk cloth. Central figures include a deity with a gold crown and garland, a green-faced figure in a red garland, and a seated figure playing a veena in a blue sari. Smaller dolls of children and attendants stand and sit around, with a purple-draped figure at right. No physical people are visible; the figures are all dolls.2016-10-08A tiered Navaratri golu display filled with rows of painted clay and doll figurines on red and gold cloth steps. At the centre, a multi-armed goddess figure in pink and red sits upon a lion or tiger mount, surrounded by smaller deity figures, Ganesha images at the top corners, and figurines of people and animals. Golden ornamental arches and a dark carved stand frame the upper section.2016-10-08A photograph of a Navaratri golu display of painted clay dolls arranged on a white cloth and a gold-and-maroon brocade runner. In the centre, a bright-orange-and-gold deity figure with a tall crown and a garland of pink flowers holds a conch and a mace-like staff, flanked by a green-faced figure in a red garment with a crown and a pink garland. Other dolls include a seated musician playing a veena at left, a seated figure in blue playing a stringed instrument at right, a standing male figure in a white dhoti, and small children figures. Ornate painted figures and a peacock appear in the background. Printed text is visible in the lower right corner.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08A photograph of a Navaratri Bommai Golu display of painted clay deity figurines on tiered red cloth, lit by small lamps. Centre stage is a multi-armed goddess figure in a red-and-pink sari with a golden crown and jewelled necklaces, holding weapons in her raised hands and standing on a lion. Beside her a dark-skinned demon figure in a red loincloth is held down by her foot in the scene. Other painted deity figurines in blue, pink and gold line the tiers behind, and brass figurines stand in the foreground. No live people are visible.2017-09-26 +1 copiesOctober 08 20162016-10-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a Navaratri golu display of colourful clay dolls on a gold and red cloth. Central figures in gold crowns and garlands include a seated male deity with a raised hand and a green-faced female figure in red and gold. Seated musicians hold a veena and a tanpura, and small figures in blue and orange saris and dhotis sit on the tiers. Other dolls and a red kalasha-like pot fill the foreground. No live people are visible, and no a person candidate is present.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copies