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A photograph of a large Durga murti installed in front of a building with a signboard reading Sri Ananda ... Temple, the name partly obscured. The multi-armed goddess stands centrally in a white filigree prabhamandala with a crown, wearing a red skirt and a yellow marigold garland, a lion beside her at her feet, and a demon figure in green and blue below her. Smaller deity murtis flank her, including one with an elephant head in a pink garment and one in orange with a yellow garland. In the foreground a gold oil lamp sits on a decorated kolam diagram, with kalasha pots wrapped in red and gold cloth on either side. No people are visible in the scene.

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September 28 20112011-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20112011-09-28A photograph of a large Durga murti installed on a raised blue-and-white platform in front of a red wall decorated with fairy lights. The goddess has multiple arms holding weapons, wears a white and silver crown and ornate white decorations, and is garlanded with yellow marigolds. A lion sits beside her, and a green demon figure lies at her feet. Smaller murtis flank her, including a pink figure and a figure with a golden garland. Brass oil lamps stand on both sides, and an orange cloth hangs at the left edge. A signboard above reads Sri Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha Temple. No physical people are visible.2011-10-04A photograph of a large clay image of goddess Durga at a temple shrine, seated astride a lion and holding weapons in multiple hands, framed by a white decorative arch with a crown and a red background. Flanking figures include Ganesha on the left, a goddess with a conch on the right, and a demon figure beneath the lion. Marigold garlands hang on the figures, and brass oil lamps stand at the sides, with string lights glowing on the red wall. A saffron-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge, and a seated devotee in brown sits at the right. No physical person is clearly the main subject; the scene is a deity murti puja arrangement.2011-10-04A photograph of a large clay idol of the goddess Durga, multi-armed and ornately decorated with white and silver shell-like filigree and a crown, standing with a golden lion at her feet and slaying a green demon. Two smaller white-and-silver-clad deities stand on either side, and at the lower left a pink-faced elephant-headed figure in yellow-green robes and at the lower right a figure in green and orange draped cloth. Two black statues flank the shrine against a red-orange building wall, with potted plants on the steps. No living people are visible.2011-09-28A photograph of a temple shrine at night dominated by a large clay murti of the goddess Durga, depicted with multiple arms holding weapons, a crown and a white ornate arched halo. She stands above a lion and a demon figure, with a pair of flanking female deities and a smaller figure garlanded in yellow flowers. The murti is lit by small electric string lights and brass oil lamps on the steps. At the left edge, a person in white ritual clothes with bare arms and a shaved head sits in the foreground beside a hanging orange-saffron cloth, and a second orange-clothed figure is partly visible. A signboard above reads Sri Sri Nithyananda Temple. Brass lamps with flames stand at the lower right.2011-10-04Night photograph of a temple shrine displaying a multi-armed goddess murti, Durga, seated atop a lion, with a demon figure below her and two smaller female statues flanking her. The central deity wears a white lace-like shola backdrop, red and white garments, and a red-and-white flower garland, holding weapons in many hands. Flanking figures wear pink and blue sarees with garlands and stand before similar white lace halos. In front, a sunken rectangular pit with a tiled rim, yellow flower petals and a kalasha with flower garlands sits on a white cloth, with brass oil lamps at the left edge. No physical people are visible.2010-10-08A photograph at Sri Nithyananda Temple showing a large white-and-red decorated deity murti of Durga on a blue-and-white pedestal, with a lion mount and smaller figures of Ganesha and other deities garlanded in yellow marigolds. A man in a green silk dhoti with a red border stands bent forward with hands folded in front of the image, apparently in worship. Brass oil lamps stand on the steps at either side, and an orange-draped figure and a dark statue of a standing deity appear at the edges, with potted plants along the steps.2011-10-06October 04 20112011-10-04A large deity murti of Goddess Durga stands at the centre of a temple shrine, flanked by smaller figures of goddesses and attendants with yellow marigold garlands. She is depicted with multiple arms holding weapons and rides or stands beside a lion. A decorative white paper or silver-style halo arches behind the figure, and a green figure lies at her feet. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and string lights glow in the background. In the lower left, a person in white ritual cloth and a saffron-clad figure in orange attend the puja, with a brass plate in front. A sign above reads Sri Nithyananda Temple. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.2011-10-04October 06 20112011-10-06October 08 20102010-10-08