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A photograph of a diorama display inside a temple-style hall, showing painted scenic walls with a blue river and mountains. Figures are life-sized dolls rather than living people: Hanuman-like monkey figures in yellow and green garments with silver trim hold a large golden mace across a central stage. Behind them stand figures with blue faces in pink and yellow dress wearing flower garlands, and a seated blue-faced deity figure in orange and yellow garments with a garland sits near a heap of white cotton-like material. A hand-lettered wooden sign in Devanagari reads Jatayu-Moksha. A mirror at the back reflects the scene.

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A photograph of a diorama-style display inside a temple-like room with a painted mountain and river backdrop. In the foreground two seated life-size figures in saffron-orange shawls and yellow dhotis wear garlands and bangles; the left figure holds a green leaf and the right figure, with blue skin and a crown-like headband, sits beside a heap of white cotton. Behind them a figure with a monkey face and gold crown holds a golden mace, and other figures in pink and yellow garments stand near a mirror. These are statues, not living people, and no visible identification of any person is made.2006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07August 09 20102010-08-09January 07 20062006-01-07A row of life-sized painted statues in a covered exhibition hall with sand underfoot and coloured drapes behind. From left: a figure with a fish-tailed base and red and gold top, a figure in a red shawl and gold trousers, a figure in white and red sari-style dress holding a stringed instrument, a figure in orange robe with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a crown holding a stringed instrument, and a darker figure in dark blue drapery with a crown and gold trim holding a bow-like object. These are statues, not living people, and no living person is clearly visible. The setting resembles a mythological tableau display.2013-02-08January 07 20062006-01-07A man in a flowing saffron-orange robe and a thick gold necklace stands at right, long dark hair swept back, pointing up toward a wall of large painted panels. Beside him a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a white sacred thread looks on. At far right a partly visible man in white gestures toward the paintings. The mural panels depict Hindu epic scenes: a figure with a golden crown and blue skin embraced by a forest-dwelling pair in a cave, a bow-wielding blue-skinned hero with a winged attendant beside a palace, and a group of figures in saffron dhotis before a thatched hut. Warm orange drapery and pillars frame the left edge.2006-11-10January 07 20062006-01-07