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A large gilded deity murti, a goddess form, stands on a wooden platform during a procession outdoors. She wears a jewelled crown and a pink silk sari with gold-threaded border, heavy silver and gold necklaces and pearl strands, and is dressed with thick garlands of white jasmine, purple globe amaranth and red flowers, with green leaves at the waist. She holds a golden ceremonial staff in one raised hand. Behind her, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala walks past, and a brick-and-scaffold building with a pink wall stands in the background.

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A gilded deity murti. It wears a jeweled crown and a heavy diamond-style necklace and bangles, with a pink brocade garment patterned in gold. White jasmine garlands and yellow and red marigold garlands drape its shoulders and arms. It holds a golden trident-like staff upright near its face. The murti is shown outdoors under a canopy with palm fronds visible at the right edge.2009-01-31November 05 20102010-11-05October 04 20142014-10-04 +1 copiesOctober 24 20062006-10-24Photograph of two gilded metal deity murtis seated on a processional ratha during the Koadikkan Ratha Yatra. The left murti, in a white dhoti with gold border and white shawl, has hands raised in anjali mudra; the right murti wears a crown and a red-maroon garment, holding a staff. Both are heavily garlanded with white jasmine, pink and green ribbons, purple flowers and marigolds. Banana leaves and marigold and red-flower garlands decorate a pillar at right under a wooden canopy.2006-10-28October 06 20112011-10-06A photograph of a deity murti, a metal face with a red bindi, dressed in a crown-like headdress set with green and red stones, a red garment and heavy jewelled necklaces with gold coin ornaments. The figure sits amid dense garlands of red, yellow and white flowers, with a purple silk cloth draped below. A partially visible person in a green garment stands at the left edge. The image shows only the murti and garlands, not a ritual being performed.2012-04-05October 05 20142014-10-05 +1 copiesMay 03 20122012-05-03December 05 20142014-12-05October 04 20142014-10-04 +1 copiesA gilded metal deity murti is decorated for procession, wearing a jewelled crown and a pink silk garment with gold zari borders. It is draped in white jasmine garlands with purple globe amaranth, red celosia, green leaves and pink and green ribbon wraps, and wears a heavy silver-and-gold necklace. One raised hand holds a ceremonial staff with a carved finial. Behind it are an ornate wooden structure with garlands, a construction area with bamboo scaffolding, red bricks and a pink building with a small shrine picture, and a few people stand at the edge. The procession-deity setting suggests a ratha yatra, but no event is legible in the image itself.2006-10-28