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A large festive shrine with ornate golden-yellow arches decorated with painted faces. Center-left, a multi-armed goddess murti holds weapons and rides a lion, dressed in a red sari with yellow garlands. To her right, a yellow-clad goddess murti holds a veena. A blue-skinned deity murti plays a flute between them, adorned with garlands and flowers. At the right edge, a seated man with long dark hair, a pink flower garland and a dark wrap sits beside a silver throne, appearing to be a devotee or priest. Oil lamps stand on brass stands in front, with marigold garlands and offerings below.

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September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesA photograph of large festive deity murtis under a canopy. On the left, a multi-armed goddess with black hair, a red sari and a yellow-garlanded body holds weapons and rides a lion; beside her, a blue-skinned male figure stands. On the right, a goddess in yellow robes holds a veena, with a seated man in an orange-and-white shawl and white garland offering a puja at a silver throne. Yellow marigold garlands, oil lamps and flower offerings surround the murtis, and an ornate yellow aureole with blue eyes frames them. The seated man is visible but his appearance is not clear enough to identify him, so his role is described only as a devotee performing puja.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28A photograph of a large Durga murti with ten arms holding weapons, riding a golden lion, flanked by a yellow-decorated goddess murti and a blue-skinned figure, all set under ornate yellow and gold arches. In the foreground right, a man seated on a silver-and-tiger-skin throne wears a pink garland and a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl, with a bare chest, and faces the murtis. Marigold and flower garlands and brass oil lamps decorate the altar. The setting is a temple pandal with pink fabric backdrop.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesLarge yellow-and-gold ornate idols of the goddess Durga, multi-armed, with a lion mount, flank a stage at a festival pandal. The central Durga holds weapons including a long spear and wears a red sari with a yellow garland; a blue-skinned demon figure lies beneath the lion. To the right, a seated man in a saffron-and-white shawl with a flower garland sits near a silver throne-like seat and brass oil lamps in the foreground. Marigold garlands and a pink flower garland hang near the statues.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copies