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April 07 2005

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A photograph of a maroon-painted wooden door set in a white-framed doorway on a plain concrete wall. Hanging from the door are a length of saffron-orange cloth draped over a rail and two ceremonial umbrellas with wooden handles. The umbrellas have velvet canopies in maroon, green, navy and red with gold embroidered lotus and floral motifs, gold braid trim, and fringed tassels in purple, yellow, pink, green and white. Several wooden poles lean against the left side of the door. No people are visible.2005-04-07A photograph of a plain concrete wall beside a maroon wooden door frame. Hanging from the door are several folded ceremonial items: saffron-orange cloth on the left, and two decorated umbrella-like canopies with wooden handles and gold-embroidered panels in red, green, navy and brown, edged with tassels in purple, pink, green and white. A light switch is visible on the right wall. No people are present.2005-04-07January 15 20162016-01-15September 03 20072007-09-03Low-angle photograph of three ceremonial parasols against a bright, sunlit sky, the sun glowing behind them. The left umbrella is teal-blue with a dark rim and a fringe of small sequined or beaded tassels and diamond-patterned trim; the centre one is golden-orange with a matching embroidered border; the right one is dark and partly cropped. Each has a finial on a pole. No people are visible.2016-04-22Outdoor ceremony at an open-air temple-style pavilion. In the foreground, a row of large ornate umbrellas (chatras) with red, orange, green and blue panels, gold-tipped finials, painted peacocks and floral motifs, and fringed hems lined up on bare ground. Lettering on the umbrella edges reads Dhyanapeetam. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands and sits under hanging orange and white pennant strings and banana plants. A priest in white stands near an elevated ritual area. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2007-01-01December 30 20082008-12-30Night photograph of decorative ceremonial umbrellas. The umbrellas have orange, red, green, blue and white striped panels with fringed tassels, and some show painted bird motifs and floral designs. A single bright lamp glows beneath the central canopy, and power lines run across the top of the frame. No people are visible in the scene.2007-01-01April 18 20162016-04-18Looking up at a large ceremonial umbrella with a bright yellow canopy edged in red, decorated with dark maroon petal-shaped panels outlined in gold and centred with blue flower motifs. The fringe is a colourful mix of tasselled threads in blue, white, green, red and orange hanging from the rim. A gold-coloured wooden shaft supports the canopy, and a metal frame with more tasselled decorations and hanging lamps is visible above. No people are visible in the frame.2016-08-12March 02 20162016-03-02March 02 20162016-03-02