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1996 - Puja Manual Handwritten by HDH

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An open dark-bound handwritten puja manual photographed flat on a pale surface. On the left page, a printed color painting shows a deity pair seated on an ornate red throne beneath a decorated arch and a white parasol. The blue-skinned figure wears a bow and a yellow garment, and the figure beside them wears a jewelled green-and-red dress. Two attendants stand on the sides and a small devotee in green kneels at the lower left, with a lit oil lamp and offerings before the dais. The right page is blank cream paper. This is a photograph of a book, with no people present.A painted devotional scene of Rama with Sita, Lakshmana and attendants on a stepped platform with a floral carpet. Rama, centre, wears a golden crown, a garland of flowers, gold jewellery and a golden yellow dhoti, and holds a bow. Sita beside him wears a purple sari with gold border, a crown and a pearl necklace, holding a small vessel. Lakshmana on the right wears a gold crown and jewellery. Monkey figures, one holding a white parasol, sit at the front. An attendant behind holds a white chamara fan and another holds a peacock-feather fan. A pale temple-like structure glows in the background. Illustration of a deity murti style, not a live event.2022-04-10A painted mural in a traditional South Indian temple style, with bold red, yellow and gold tones framed by ornate architectural arches and kalasha-topped towers. The central panel shows a blue-skinned deity with a multi-hooded serpent canopy and a crown, flanked by two figures in ornate gold jewellery and garlands, one with a dark complexion. Rows of devotees in yellow, orange and red garments stand in the side arches, and musicians play instruments along the lower border. Winged celestial figures perch atop the upper arches. A deity murti-style mural, not a live event.2012-05-29October 22 20152015-10-22 +1 copiesA painted, ornately framed artwork of a multi-armed Shiva dancing on a green demon figure, with a small seated goddess figure in red and a shrine at lower right. The deity figure has white skin, many arms holding a trident, a flaming bowl, a snake, a bow and other implements, and wears a red-orange shawl, blue-grey dhoti, rudraksha beads and a gold necklace. The dark brown background is dotted with small white stars. The painting is a graphic reproduction of a deity murti, not a physical gathering.2011-02-26January 04 20172017-01-04A wall covered in painted narrative panels on a bright red ground, arranged in horizontal bands. Panels show royal figures seated on thrones and gilded pavilions, a rider on a caparisoned elephant, horse-drawn chariots with charioteers and archers, and attendants with weapons. Several deity figures sit in gold-framed shrine niches. Faded red paint and small pictorial cartouches give it a temple-mural look. No physical people are visible; all figures are painted.2012-05-29December 20 20182018-12-20 +1 copiesPhotograph of a temple shrine in an outdoor-style pavilion with granite pillars and gold-framed deity figures. Two priests perform worship at a golden altar: one in a white dhoti with a shaved head bends forward, while the other in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl pours or offers toward a central deity murti decorated with white and yellow flower garlands. A fire pit with burning offerings sits in the foreground, with brass oil lamps, bowls of fruit and food, and a small open book. Behind the deities are red and orange draperies and a standing red-robed figure in a niche.2011-11-01A woman in an orange sari stands at the left with palms pressed together in prayer, her hair in a bun. Before her is a shrine with a golden arch framing a Shiva lingam on a black pedestal, with a pair of seated deity murti in pink, orange and gold garments behind it, one with a crescent-topped crown. Garlands of red and white flowers hang on the lingam and on the standing statues to the left and right, and a kalasha sits before the lingam. Petals are scattered on the dark stone floor. No physical person other than the woman is visible, and no a person candidate is present.2018-05-24December 20 20182018-12-20 +1 copiesDecember 20 20182018-12-20 +1 copies