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A large pale Ganesha murti with a golden crown, gold and jewelled ornaments, a maroon-red cloth draped over its body, and a raised hand showing an orange tilak on its palm. In the left background, a person with long dark hair wearing a maroon garment and a white and red-yellow flower garland stands at a golden metal railing beside a steel-framed hall with corrugated walls. The murti dominates the right foreground.

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August 15 20172017-08-15A photograph of a large Ganesha murti with a pale, creamy-white face, red-tinted trunk and a long white tusk, draped in a deep maroon cloth with gold embroidered border and gold beaded garlands. On the left, a standing figure in a long maroon robe with long dark dreadlocks wears a multicoloured flower garland in red, yellow and white and scatters pink petals by hand from a metal railing. A corrugated metal roof overhead.2017-09-03A photograph of a large Ganesha murti in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof. The murti has a pale pink-grey face, a white tusk, orange-painted trunk tip, and a gold crown and ornaments, with a rust-red garment edged in gold embroidery and a gold and black-striped garland. At left, a person with long dark matted hair and a rust-red cloth wrapped around the body raises an arm holding pink petals, and a white, yellow and red flower garland hangs from their shoulders.2017-09-03A photograph of a large Ganesha murti with a pale trunk, gold ornaments, a maroon-and-gold draped garment and a gold-and-maroon crown-like headdress. In the left foreground a person in a maroon robe with long dreadlocked hair and a garland of white, yellow and red flowers offers pink flowers toward the statue. The figure is seen from behind and partly to the side, standing on a gold-railed step within a metal-roofed hall. Pink petals are held in the hand, and the statue's raised hand with red markings fills the upper right.2017-09-03August 15 20172017-08-15August 27 20162016-08-27A large painted clay Ganesha murti dominates the left of the frame, with a red-and-brown crown, gold ornaments, yellow and purple flower garlands, and a raised trunk. To the right, a man with long dark hair and a beard, bare-chested apart from a saffron-maroon cloth wrap, wears a long red and white flower garland and gold armlets, and stands with hands gesturing toward the idol. The setting is a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and red steel beams, and a partially visible person is in the foreground. Appearance cues are ambiguous, so the man is described by role as a devotee or priest performing a Ganesha puja.2016-08-27A photograph of a large red-and-gold Ganesha murti with a white tusk, pink trunk and garlands of marigolds, gold jewelry and bangles, seated in the foreground at a covered outdoor hall. Behind it a man with long dark hair and a red-brown shawl wrapped over bare shoulders, wearing a marigold and red garland, stands on a gold-railed staircase near a painted banner showing a figure holding a trident beside a map. Green fairy lights glow nearby and a cream ornate stand is at lower left. Two other people are partly visible at the edges.2017-08-15August 15 20172017-08-15August 15 20172017-08-15 +3 copiesAugust 27 20162016-08-27A photograph of a large painted Ganesha murti with a red trunk-tip, golden crown and red-and-maroon head cloth, draped in yellow and orange marigold garlands and purple flowers. Beside it stands a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard, wearing a maroon-red dhoti and a long red-and-white marigold garland, gold armlet and bracelets, gesturing with his hand toward the deity. Corrugated metal roof and red support beams above.2016-08-27