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Photograph of a dimly lit indoor hall at night with two large stepped tiered displays outlined in warm white fairy lights. Each tier holds rows of small figurines. A brass oil lamp stands on the floor in front of the displays, with potted plants at the sides. A small figure is visible on the upper left tier. Above, a corrugated roof with hanging decorative ornaments. On the right, a black cabinet and a wall sign with Kannada and English text. No clearly identifiable living person is in the frame apart from a distant small figure.

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October 04 20082008-10-04October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01A tiered golu display of many small painted clay dolls arranged on white-draped shelves outlined with warm string lights in a dim room. Figures include deities and people in coloured garments on each level. A lit oil lamp sits in the foreground near a floor kolam, and a potted plant stands at left. A framed portrait of a seated figure in saffron appears on a cabinet at right, and a framed image is hung above the display. Dolls and decorations are visible, with no people present.2008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01October 08 20082008-10-08October 01 20082008-10-01A Navaratri golu display arranged in tiered steps against a white wall, covered with white cloth and strung with multicoloured fairy lights. Rows of painted clay and wooden dolls and figurines fill each tier, including a pair of seated figures in red and gold saris at center, and a golden horse with rider on the right. Potted plants and marigolds sit at the base and sides, and a yellow-and-white decorative stand stands at the left edge. A hanging brass oil lamp is visible at upper left. No physical people are present; the figures are dolls.2009-09-22Interior of a whitewashed hall showing tiered white-draped display shelves filled with small painted clay and wooden figurines of deities, gods and devotees in orange, yellow, red and blue. At left a seated figure in orange robe with raised hand stands on a shelf beside two glass cases holding temple models. A large painted cobra-hood sculpture with blue and orange stripes stands at center beside a framed photograph of a bearded robed man seated on a cushion. Colourful kolam rangoli covers the floor at right and a small brass lamp sits on a tray. No physical people are visible.2008-09-30October 01 20082008-10-01