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A festival photograph of ornate processional deity figures decorated with yellow and marigold garlands and multicolored floral strands. On the left a green-and-pink-trimmed palanquin-like platform holds small figures with garlands, while the centre features a gilded arched frame and a purple cloth base supporting a deity murti adorned with garlands and gold ornaments. A large yellow canopy with dark leaf-like motifs is overhead, and a white tent backdrop and metal railing lie behind. Statues are not physical people, and no living people are visible.

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January 12 20152015-01-12A photograph of a ritual scene inside a white tented pavilion showing decorated deity murtis on a tiered altar draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Two gold-crowned figures with painted faces sit atop the central pedestal, while a green-faced murti in an orange garment and layered gold necklace stands with a multi-armed halo of carved gold on the right, and a red-clad murti with a golden crown sits at left. Garlanded kalasha-like forms and a golden canopy frame the arrangement. A priest in white is visible in the background, and a few devotees' heads appear at the lower edge. No clearly identifiable a person figure is present; the only prominent figures are statues.2015-01-12January 12 20152015-01-12 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20152015-01-12A photograph of a temple-style festival scene under a large fringed canopy. Centre, a purple-draped throne is heavily garlanded with multicoloured flower strands in red, orange, yellow and white, with a gilded deity murti visible within. A gold-framed halo arch surrounds the altar. In the foreground, a row of seated devotees and priests in white and orange clothing sit before yellow marigold garlands, a trident and a kalasha-like brass vessel. Banana plants and more decorated umbrellas frame the scene, and a standing figure in red and gold stands to the right.2015-01-12January 12 20152015-01-12January 13 20152015-01-13January 12 20152015-01-12January 13 20152015-01-13A photograph of a temple ritual setting under a corrugated shade roof, with a large colourful pedestal (peetha) of pink, green and blue tiers heavily decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. In the foreground, a green-faced deity murti with a golden crown, silver and white jewelled necklace and orange cloth stands before a silver halo-shaped backdrop. To the right, a second deity figure with garlands sits on a purple-draped platform beneath a gold arch. A man in white dhoti and a pink-bordered cloth, with bare upper body, raises one arm at the left edge near the pedestal. Other figures in pink and white ritual clothes are partly visible. Banana plants and a red building show through the open sides.2015-01-12January 11 20152015-01-11January 13 20152015-01-13