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A standing man in a maroon-red dhoti and wrap stands with palms joined in front of a grouping of large, brightly painted deity murtis decorated with yellow and white flower garlands. On the left, a fierce multi-armed goddess with red garment, yellow garlands and a lion mount holds a weapon; a blue figure stands beside her. Behind the man, another multi-armed deity with a yellow halo of many small faces is adorned with garlands. On the right, an ornate silver and jewelled throne with tiger-striped cushions sits on a striped carpet, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like structure nearby. A white tent canopy overhead. The man wears a rudraksha-style neck mala and a long garland of pink and white flowers.

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September 28 20172017-09-28Photograph inside a tented temple hall showing a row of deity murtis draped in yellow and marigold garlands. On the left a figure with multiple arms and a red sari stands beside a lion. In the centre a yellow-robed goddess with a veena rests against a large multi-headed halo, and a second goddess in white and yellow stands beside her. On the right an ornate silver and jewelled throne with a tiger-striped cushion sits in front of a silver-framed backdrop. A man in a rust-red dhoti and gold armband, wearing a pink flower garland, stands at the far right with palms pressed together in namaskar. Brass and silver offering vessels rest on the floor.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesA festival shrine with large painted clay deity murtis dominating the scene: a multi-armed goddess with a weapon in hand standing on a lion, and flanking figures of a goddess with a veena and another with a lotus, all draped in yellow and red garlands with gold-embellished halos. In the right foreground a seated man in a red-and-gold garment and pink flower garland sits on an ornate silver-and-gold throne with hands folded. A younger man in an orange cloth stands nearby beside a brass oil lamp, and small oil lamps and marigold heaps fill the altar in front, with a yellow-edged square yantra-like platform in the centre. A white canopy tent covers the pandal.2017-09-28 +1 copiesPhotograph of a shrine with large decorated deity murti figures framed by ornate golden arches studded with colored stones. The central figure holds a trident-like staff and rests on a lion, with a blue-skinned murti beside it. To the right, a murti holds a veena and a lotus. Yellow and white flower garlands and brass oil lamps with flames surround the altar. On the right, a seated man wears a rudraksha-style red-and-white garment, pink and white flower garlands, gold bangles and a tiger-striped seat, with a white-and-red forehead mark. Banana leaves lie in front of the platform.2017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28Photograph of a Durga puja pandal under a white and pink tented canopy. Large painted clay murtis of deities stand on a raised platform, including a central Durga on a lion with multiple arms, flanked by Ganesha on the left and goddesses with yellow garlands and gold-trimmed halos on either side. A seated figure with long hair and bare upper body, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold-toned garland, sits on a silver throne-like seat at right; a person in a saffron-orange robe stands in the foreground near a brass vessel. Marigold garlands and flower offerings cover the platform, and several seated devotees in orange shawls are visible at the bottom edge. The seated figure's appearance is not clearly verifiable, so role is given only.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copies