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A decorated altar display with a framed portrait at the top showing a man with long dark hair, a white garland and an orange-brown garment, draped with a white and orange flower garland. Below, rows of colourful painted deity figurines and small statues stand on tiered white-draped platforms, surrounded by green potted palms, orange, pink and white flowers, and a central Ganesha-like figure. No physical people are visible. The portrait is a depiction on a printed frame, not a physically present person.

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October 03 20082008-10-03A photograph of a tiered Golu-style display arranged on green and gold cloth steps against a red curtain, crowded with dozens of deity figurines, dolls and statues. A brass kalasha with red roses and green leaves sits at the centre of the lower tier. Upper figures include a Shiva-type figure with a crescent, a Ganesha figure and a Buddha-like seated figure; a Nataraja bronze appears mid-display. Small painted dolls, a white horse and a picture frame showing a temple are also visible. There are no physical people, only statues and figurines.2013-10-05October 05 20132013-10-05A Navaratri golu display of many small painted clay and figurine deities arranged on tiered white-draped shelves against a white wall. Upper shelves show Ganesha, Shiva with a trident and other deity murtis; many figures are dressed in pink, green, yellow and red. Above the shelves a framed photograph shows a saffron-robed figure with long dark hair seated before a large tree, labelled as a portrait. Two small framed temple models flank it. Orange clay bulls stand at the base, with a brass lamp and marigold petals forming letters on the floor. Potted plants and a patterned orange-and-black cloth pillar stand at the right. No people are visible.2007-10-12A dense display of many small painted clay and plaster figurines arranged in tiers on orange and green draped cloth, resembling a Golu-style doll arrangement. Figures include deity murtis, a seated deity with a crown and red garment at right, dancers, animals such as white horses and a bull, and devotional figures. Orange and white flower garlands frame the display. In the centre-right a glass case holds a small white temple model. A tall dark-skinned figure in a red garment with gold trim stands at right. No living people are visible.2013-10-05A photograph of a crowded golu-style display of painted clay and metal figurines arranged in tiers on green and orange cloth. Central foreground shows a small devotional figure in orange robe with a dome-shaped canopy holding red roses above a golden kalasha on a wire-mesh base, and a seated figure in red and pink with gold ornaments. Surrounding figures include Krishna with a flute beside Radha, a musician with a veena, deity murti in gold and blue, and a framed photograph of a white temple at the top centre. Orange marigold garlands line the bottom edge. No living people are visible.2013-10-05October 08 20082008-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08A photograph of a devotional shrine set against an orange wall, with no people visible. At the centre sits a seated figure in yellow robes with a grey beard and a dark cloth beneath, a statue of a sage or saint rather than a living person. Above, a framed image shows Krishna playing a flute beside Radha in blue and red. Two white cows with red-and-gold blankets, a peacock, a Krishna figure in yellow, a seated figure playing a veena, and gold deity figurines surround the centre. Large arrangements of yellow and purple flowers flank the shrine, and a green cloth covers a stand at the lower right.2011-09-28September 24 20142014-09-24October 11 20132013-10-11September 24 20142014-09-24