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Interior shrine photograph showing a row of decorated kalasha pots with brass rims and leafy mango-leaf crowns, each wrapped in white cloth with beaded red and green jeweled necklaces. Behind them stand gilded brass panels and a teal backdrop. A small painted statue of a seated devotee with folded hands, wearing a red garment and a rudraksha mala, sits at the lower right edge. No living people are visible.

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September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesA decorated altar with a deity murti on a green-draped platform. Behind it, a figure in a blue garment and gold crown sits, partly visible. A small statue with a gold crown and pearl garland stands at left. Several brass kalasha pots are arranged on a tiered green-and-orange pedestal, each wrapped in white cloth with jeweled gold ornaments and topped with mango leaves and yellow tassels. A person in orange clothing reaches in from the left edge. Gold and red fabrics frame the scene.2015-09-10Close view of three decorated kalasha-style coconuts topped with fresh green mango leaves, set on gold pedestals. Each coconut is dressed in embellished fabric: the left in teal and red with pearl and gem beadwork, the centre in white with brown rudraksha-like beads and a gold pendant, the right in orange-rust cloth with blue and white beadwork and gold embroidery. Pointed crowns with jewelled red and green stones sit atop two of them. Ornate gilded metal scrollwork appears in the background. No people are visible.2014-08-15A photograph of a ritual display on a draped table in low light. A yellow fringed parasol stands at the left edge, beside a person in orange-brown robes holding a lit oil lamp. Central to the scene is a cone-shaped structure of orange and yellow cloth with a white-clad deity murti or figure dressed with beaded necklaces and a face-shaped ornament. Around it are several tall coconuts topped with green leaves, set in brass pots dressed in blue, white and green silk skirts with embroidered red and gold ornaments. Scattered petals, a small brass bowl and incense smoke add to the puja setting. In the background a large portrait shows a figure in red garments with yellow garlands.2014-01-05Three kalasha pots dressed as deity forms sit in a row on a gold cloth over a navy blue dotted cloth, in front of a tiered pink and green lotus-shaped structure with lion figures. The left and right pots are draped in orange and maroon garments with heavy beaded necklaces and sprigs of green leaves and grass on top; the centre pot wears a white and red cloth with a rudraksha-style mala and a jewelled crown. Trees and a few distant figures in white stand in the background.2015-11-22Close view of a decorated shrine tableau at night showing three ornate kalasha pots with gold-beaded and jewelled embellishment, hung with white jasmine garlands and decorated with mango leaves and coconuts on top. The pot at centre is white and maroon-beaded; the left pot is orange with silver and gold beadwork. Flanking the pots are two painted figurines of seated devotees with praying hands, one in red, and a pink and gold silk cloth draped beneath. No living people are visible.2014-10-27Outdoor photograph at dusk of a raised stage draped in a maroon cloth with gold border, set with several deity murtis or processional idols dressed in silk garments of green, maroon, teal and pink. Each figure wears garlands and necklaces, and a coconut topped with green leaves sits before each. Behind them are palm trees, dark trees and a plain white block wall. No physical people are visible in the scene.2014-07-25August 15 20142014-08-15December 25 20072007-12-25September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copies