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Photograph of a Dasara stage event with a red banner reading Dasara and Kannada script, showing a deity image of the Divine Mother with flower garlands. On a gold throne decorated with marigold garlands sits a figure in blue and teal robes with a blue head covering, seen at distance. In the foreground, two women in green blouses and white and gold saris sit on green stage matting, one speaking into a microphone. Two more women in white and gold saris sit at the right beside a row of terracotta pots and brass pots, one with hands folded. Audience members sit at the lower left edge. An orange cloth seat is in the front foreground.

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October 15 20102010-10-15October 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesA photograph of a Dasara celebration stage with an orange backdrop reading Dasara and a Kannada word. A seated figure in orange and red garlands sits on a flower-decorated throne under a yellow fringed parasol. Beside him stands a golden deity murti of a goddess with a flower garland and a peetha, and at right a large painted goddess image with a crown and jewelry. Around the orange mat, a group of about a dozen people in white and yellow clothes sit on the floor facing the stage; two men in white dhotis at left sit behind microphones with brass items, and a shaved-headed man in white with a sacred thread sits near the centre. Brass plates and offerings lie on the mat in front.2010-10-12A seated ceremony in a bright hall with an orange backdrop. A man in orange robes and a garland of yellow and white flowers sits on a gold throne under an orange ornate parasol, with a red cushion beneath him. Around him, devotees sit on an orange mat in white and yellow clothing, several with palms pressed together in anjali. In front of the throne is a gold tray with brass plates of offerings and flowers. A seated priest in white with a shaved head and sacred thread, and a man in a purple shawl, sit nearby. A large backdrop shows a painted deity figure with jewelled ornaments and flower garlands, and a smiling portrait of a saffron-turbaned man. Two gold-decorated stands hold garlands and offerings. Devotees perform a pada puja-style worship.2010-10-12October 11 20102010-10-11A photograph of a Dasara event in a hall with an orange backdrop reading Dasara and Jagatguru Aradhane. A figure in orange robes and an orange turban sits on a gilded throne with floral garlands, flanked by a large portrait of a man in an orange turban and a deity murti in gold and red with jewelled ornaments. Seated devotees in white, pink, green and red sit on striped mats in front of the stage, while a cameraman stands at left and a musician in a maroon kurta sits at right. The figure on the throne is an appearance-based a person candidate, indicated by the orange robe, turban and throne setting, but the face is not clearly distinct enough to confirm.2010-10-12October 11 20102010-10-11A seated man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate golden throne before a large orange banner reading Dasara in English and Kannada, with the subtitle Celebrating the Universal Mother. A portrait labelled with a Paramahamsa name shows a smiling man in an orange turban at left, and a large painted image of a goddess with a golden crown, red garlands and gold jewellery appears at right. A golden peetha-style throne and a decorated palanquin-like seat with a bird motif stand at left. Women in white and green-bordered saris and a few children sit on the orange mats below, with brass trays of offerings and flowers in front. A woman in a beige sari sits at far left.2010-10-09October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 17 20102010-10-17A stage at a Dasara celebration with a red-orange backdrop bearing the Kannada word ದಸರಾ and English 'Dasara' with partial text 'Celeb...other'. A central figure in saffron-orange robes sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, hands joined in namaskar. Beside the throne stands a large golden deity murti adorned with garlands, and a banner portrait at upper left shows a smiling man in an orange turban. Seated before the throne are women and girls in white and yellow saris and one in orange, with a man in white at the front, all in prayer posture with hands joined. Brass offering plates with flowers and orange cloths lie on the orange dais in front.2010-10-11A seated figure in orange robes sits on an ornate golden throne decorated with marigold and multicoloured garlands, beneath a yellow fringed parasol. Before him, a row of devotees in white and cream clothes sit on an orange mat, with ritual brass vessels, plates and offerings laid out in front. On the left stands a golden deity murti garlanded with flowers, and on the right a large painted image of a goddess adorned with a red-and-gold crown, jewellery and flower garlands. A backdrop displays the Kannada words and the English word Dasara, with a banner reading Celebrate the Divine Mother.2010-10-12