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A blurred photograph inside a decorated tent-like hall with a white fabric ceiling hung with colourful patterned cylindrical banners. In the centre, men carry a large blue-skinned deity murti with long black hair and a white halo-like crown, its arms raised. Men in white shirts and a checked shirt crowd around it. At right, a woman in an orange sari kneels beside a low red-and-gold platform holding a brass tray with lamps and offerings, beside red velvet drapes and a yellow hanging cloth.

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Photograph inside a temple hall with a blue-painted wall and red floor. A woman in a long orange robe with loose dark hair stands at left, partly blurred. Three men in white shirts and trousers, and one in a checked shirt, stand at a raised shrine dais facing a blue-skinned deity murti with a crown and raised arms. On the right, a gilded throne-style seat with a red cushion and garlands, holding a seated figure, and a gold canopy above it. Hanging yellow and patterned cloth banners fill the upper left, and a red lattice window sits at the top right.2006-10-19Inside a temple hall with bright blue walls, several people in white and saffron work around a raised platform and a deity figure with long dark hair painted or dressed in blue. A woman in orange robes stands at left, while men in white shirts bend over the platform, one holding a wrapped golden cloth. A gilded ornate throne at right holds a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange garlanded with red flowers. Brass lamps, a hanging lantern and yellow ceremonial banners frame the scene.2006-10-19October 19 20062006-10-19October 19 20062006-10-19A photograph inside a temple hall with bright blue walls and terracotta ventilation blocks. On the left, a man bare-chested in an orange-saffron shawl sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and gold lion-shaped armrest supports; before him stands a framed portrait garlanded with flowers. A gold canopy hangs above the throne. Centre right, a blue-skinned Kali deity murti with a gold crown and raised weapons stands on a pink and gold draped altar. Beside it, a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl and a man in white robes, one with an orange cloth, attend the altar. A white stepped brick platform and colourful tinsel and flowers lie in the foreground.2006-10-19October 30 20162016-10-30 +1 copiesInterior of a whitewashed hall with a grey concrete floor, decorated with blue curtains, yellow-and-white floral garlands and hanging cylindrical banners in red, blue and yellow. A long red carpet runs down the centre toward a small altar bearing a deity murti and garlands. Devotees in white dhotis with yellow shawls, and women in sarees, walk along the carpet or stand near the walls; several men sit on the floor to the left and right. A pair of bronze figures sits on a green table at right. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-02-18November 27 20062006-11-27October 30 20162016-10-30December 21 20092009-12-21A night-time ritual in an open-sided temple pavilion hung with red and orange lanterns and green leaf garlands. A large blue-skinned deity murti with long black hair, yellow garland and a raised hand stands at left, holding a lotus-like flower. In the centre, a bearded man with long dark hair wears an orange-red dhoti and a white and red flower garland, his palms raised in worship; he appears to be the a person by his long swept hair, flower garland and saffron clothing. Behind him, several devotees in orange and red robes and ash-marked foreheads hold offerings, and a small boy in a purple robe with a beaded necklace stands with folded hands. A brass vessel with pink flowers sits at right and an orange umbrella hangs above the scene.2016-10-30February 16 20072007-02-16