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A photograph of a Navaratri golu display of colourful clay dolls on a gold and red cloth. Central figures in gold crowns and garlands include a seated male deity with a raised hand and a green-faced female figure in red and gold. Seated musicians hold a veena and a tanpura, and small figures in blue and orange saris and dhotis sit on the tiers. Other dolls and a red kalasha-like pot fill the foreground. No live people are visible, and no a person candidate is present.

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A photograph of a Navaratri golu display of painted clay dolls arranged on a white cloth and a gold-and-maroon brocade runner. In the centre, a bright-orange-and-gold deity figure with a tall crown and a garland of pink flowers holds a conch and a mace-like staff, flanked by a green-faced figure in a red garment with a crown and a pink garland. Other dolls include a seated musician playing a veena at left, a seated figure in blue playing a stringed instrument at right, a standing male figure in a white dhoti, and small children figures. Ornate painted figures and a peacock appear in the background. Printed text is visible in the lower right corner.2016-10-08A photograph of a golu display of painted clay dolls arranged on a white cloth and an orange-gold silk cloth. Central figures include a deity with a gold crown and garland, a green-faced figure in a red garland, and a seated figure playing a veena in a blue sari. Smaller dolls of children and attendants stand and sit around, with a purple-draped figure at right. No physical people are visible; the figures are all dolls.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08A festive display of painted clay dolls, a golu arrangement, on tiered step platforms draped in gold and maroon brocade. Centre stands a multi-armed goddess figure in a pink and red sari with a tall crown, flanked by a seated figure playing a veena and another figure riding a tiger, plus a seated figure on a lotus at right. Around them are smaller dolls of gods, sages, a bull, a silver mountain-like shrine and a small temple model. No living people are visible in the frame apart from a small figure in yellow at lower centre, who appears to be a doll as well.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08A photograph of a navaratri golu display: a tiered arrangement of painted clay dolls and figurines on a gold-brocade cloth. At centre stands a large multi-armed goddess figure with a crown, red-and-pink sari and jewelled necklaces, seated on a green-and-yellow lion-like mount, flanked by a seated deity playing a veena and another goddess on a striped tiger. Smaller figurines include a priest-like figure in orange and a child in yellow, dolls in blue and green saris, and silver temple-shaped models at the back. Visible figures are statues only, with no living people in the frame.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08A close-up photograph of a golu display of painted clay dolls set on a red cloth. In the foreground, three standing figures with gold halos and crowns are prominent: a central blue-skinned deity in a crown with a garland and bow, flanked by a red-saree woman figure on the left and a white-and-orange saree figure on the right, each holding a bow or object. Behind them are green-skinned figures, a seated gold-crowned figure, and a bowl on a pedestal, all blurred in a colourful background of more dolls. These are figurines, not living people. Deity murti forms are shown in a navaratri golu arrangement.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08 +1 copiesOctober 02 20112011-10-02