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Crowded indoor temple hall with a corrugated metal roof and wire-mesh windows. A large bronze Nataraja statue dances within an ornate arched halo at centre. Devotees in white shirts, blue and red saris, and a saffron-clad figure press forward to view. A woman in a pink sari with red-beaded necklace stands near a boy in blue, and a man in white with a red beaded mala is at right. A wall poster reads Sacred Arts - Metal and shows a smiling woman in red. Ornamental banners and a decorated kalasha-like hanging are visible at left.

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Inside a hall with a corrugated roof and cream walls, a group of visitors gathers around a large dark bronze statue of a standing deity with an ornate arched back-frame of openwork metalwork and gold-toned beading. The statue wears a white dhoti and a red and green shawl with gold borders. In the foreground a toddler in a blue top with a red emblem is held by a woman in a white patterned sari with a long braid; beside her a woman in a rust-orange blouse and white sari, a man in a white shirt, and a man in a white shirt and grey trousers look on. A man in a white t-shirt stands at right holding a yellow shopping bag, and a fluorescent light hangs overhead.2016-03-04December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12March 04 20162016-03-04December 12 20162016-12-12February 01 20152015-02-01Photograph inside a open-sided shed with a corrugated roof and red steel beams. In the foreground, large golden metal statues and a chain on a frame fill the left and right edges. At the centre, a man with short dark hair wears a red-orange saffron robe, a long rudraksha mala and a red-orange armband, and is speaking while standing near the statue. Beside him a woman in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha mala and a vibhuti forehead mark stands among devotees. Around them a crowd in white and yellow clothes watches, including a small girl in orange and a boy in a yellow shirt. The man's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2015-02-01December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesNight photograph of a covered open pavilion with a corrugated metal roof, red-painted beams and hanging decorative tassels. A large golden deity murti with multiple raised arms, wearing a blue shawl and an orange garment, sits on a red draped pedestal. A crowd of devotees in white, orange, yellow and blue clothing stands around it, many facing the murti, with a few people in the foreground at left. Warm lamp light falls on the scene.2011-11-20