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Close-up photograph of a brightly painted wooden swan-like vehicle figure. A green-and-gold decorated column rises behind it beside a dark red curtain, with a faint golden figure of a deity murti visible on the left in a dim hall.

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October 19 20062006-10-19October 19 20062006-10-19A photograph of a brightly painted wooden swan-shaped vahana or processional vehicle mounted on a turquoise-painted wooden platform with rope handles. The swan has a white body covered in scale-like patterns, an orange beak and legs, and a multicoloured tail and wings in red, blue, green, yellow and orange with scrolled floral motifs. A gold-coloured figure. No people are visible.A painted wooden vahana in the form of a mythical bird, shown on a turquoise wheeled wooden base with rope rings at the corners. The bird has a white body with scale-like patterning, a red-orange beak, gold and red collar bands, pink and orange legs with gold anklets, and a tall ornately carved tail in green, pink, yellow and red swirls. A teal wooden seat or platform sits on its back. Stacked white plastic chairs stand at the right against a plain block wall, and a gilded deity figure is partly visible at the left edge.A photograph of a decorated festival vehicle figure: a large painted wooden swan-like bird vahana with a white scaled body, red and orange feathered wings, teal and gold carved tail scrollwork and a red beak, mounted on a teal-painted wooden carrying platform with ring handles. Behind it stands a gilded carved wooden shrine frame on the left and a stack of white plastic chairs on the right, against a grey breeze-block wall. No people are visible.A brightly painted wooden ceremonial vehicle shaped like a mythical swan or hamsa bird stands on a turquoise wheeled wooden platform in a plain concrete storage room. The bird has a white body with scale-like patterning, an orange beak, a red and blue wing, and a tall ornately carved tail in green, pink, and orange scrolls. A small seat sits on its back. To the left, a gilded carved arch frame leans against the wall, and stacked white plastic chairs stand at the right edge. A white cloth hangs at the far right. No people are visible.A two-panel photograph of a decorated ceremonial vehicle. The upper panel shows a painted white swan-like carved figure with an orange beak, multicolour tail feathers in green, pink, blue and yellow, and a blue flat seat on top, set in a room with cream block walls and a red-cushioned throne chair behind it. The lower panel shows the same swan mounted on a blue wooden wheeled platform with orange feet and ornate scrolled supports, on a concrete floor. No people are visible.2006-10-19August 08 20092009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityDecember 29 20062006-12-29