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A 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.

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A Navaratri golu display arranged on tiered white-draped steps and on the ground under strings of small coloured fairy lights. Painted clay dolls fill the scene: a Kathakali-style dancer in a red and white costume with a round green-and-red face mask on the upper left, a white horse with a red and green saddle cloth, and a gold-coloured standing figure beside a tree-like structure. A cluster of smaller dolls, some in orange, pink and green dress, surround a central seated couple and a pair of animal figures on an open patch of soil. A gilded temple-like canopy with coloured tassels sits to the right, flanked by potted green plants and a steel frame. The scene is outdoors in the evening, with dark ground and a building wall behind.September 22 20092009-09-22A tiered display of colourful clay dolls, known as a golu, arranged on white-draped shelves against a whitewashed wall. Rows of small painted figures in bright red, pink, yellow and green dress populate the shelves, including pairs of larger dolls in red and gold saris, a golden horse, a miniature chariot with white horses, a small palanquin-style shrine, and a sitting pair of figures on the lower left. Potted green plants stand at the base. Above the shelves hang a framed portrait of a woman in an orange sari holding a flower, along with carved wooden deity figures and a brass-coloured Ganesha-style figure. A corner of a poster is visible at the upper left. No people are physically present.September 24 20142014-09-24A Navaratri golu display: a tiered wooden-and-cloth staircase arrangement of many small clay and painted dolls, figurines and deity idols lit by strings of white, pink and green fairy lights. Top shelves hold brass and wooden deity murti, including a figure with a conch and Ganesha-like forms, and a framed portrait of a woman in a saffron-and-white sari. Lower tiers show dolls in traditional dress, a seated pair in red and gold, miniature trees, a horse-like figure, a dancer in a red-and-white costume and a kalasha-style pot. No people are visible in the scene.October 01 20082008-10-01A tiered golu-style display of many small painted clay and wooden figurines arranged on stepped platforms draped in red and gold cloth, lit with multicoloured fairy lights. At the top sits a gilded throne bearing a deity murti in red and green dress. Mid-level tiers show seated and standing deity figures including a seated Shiva figure in white and a pair of larger standing figures in golden dress. Lower in the foreground are miniature temple models, a rocky cave-like arch, a small tree, and lotus flowers on green grass. No physical people are visible; the figures are statues and dolls.2020-03-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a Navaratri golu display arranged on a tiered white-draped stand with gold trim. Rows of painted clay and wooden dolls fill the shelves, including deity figures, couples, and village or everyday scenes, some with a miniature tree and a small figure. A cobra figure, a small kalasha-style pot with a sprig, and a rangoli design sit on the floor. At the top, a framed photo shows a figure in saffron robes with rudraksha mala and a shaved head, seated with a raised hand; two small temple models flank him. No physical people are visible.2008-10-03September 22 20092009-09-22 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a Navaratri golu display: a tiered arrangement of painted clay dolls on white draped shelves, lit by string lights. In the centre, a large golden horse figurine with a pink and blue umbrella stands on green grass and a small pond base. Around it are dolls of people, a wooden chariot with a white horse, a tall figure in a red and white dress, miniature houses and trees. Scattered dolls of people and horses sit on the grass at the lower edges. No living people are visible.March 26 20202020-03-26