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Interior of a temple shrine with painted blue cloud ceiling and ornate pink-and-cream arched balconies. Central figure is a multi-armed goddess with a red-pink garment, golden crown and a lion mount, holding weapons in her hands. Flanking figures include a seated deity figure in green and red at left, a figure in red sari, and a figure in blue and pink garments with a crown at right, all in painted statue form. Painted landscapes with water and mountains fill the backdrop. No physical people are visible; all figures are statues.

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Interior of a multi-tiered diorama-style temple display with painted cloud-filled ceiling and pillars. Upper panels show painted deity scenes including a goddess with multiple arms holding weapons and riding a tiger, and a seated figure in a crown. Lower tiers hold many small clothed statues of figures in red, green, gold and pink garments, some with dance-like poses, along a stage-like setting with painted architecture. No living people are visible.2006-01-07Interior of a painted temple diorama with multi-tiered niches showing painted and sculpted deity figures. Upper left, a seated goddess in red with a crown. Centre niche, a seated deity with a halo-like arch and red and gold garments flanked by two standing female figures in green and red. Upper right, a multi-armed goddess in pink and red riding a lion, holding weapons. Lower tiers show small painted scenes of water and rocks, and figurines of women in red, pink and green saris with ornaments. Painted clouds and a blue sky cover the ceiling. Readable Hindi captions appear on the lower frieze. No living people are visible.2006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07January 07 20062006-01-07A photograph of a temple exterior wall with a row of painted plaster deity figures set in niches against a bright blue backdrop. Several colourful figures are visible: a multi-armed goddess in red and gold on a lion, a figure in green and white riding a white bull holding a trident, a standing female figure in yellow, and a multi-armed goddess in red seated on a mount, with a fierce face at the right. Below, a large painted deity murti with a garland and gold necklace is partly visible behind scaffolding and bamboo poles. No physical people are present in the scene.2007-12-12A painted temple diorama with a pink multi-tiered palace-like structure holding seated deity figures in gold and blue robes on thrones, lower-left. On the right, a large black figure with a red and white skull-patterned garment, bared fangs and a red tongue, stands on rocks beside a painted waterfall, identified as a deity murti of Kali-like form. Painted backdrop includes blue sky, clouds, trees, mountains and a white building. Small statues in pink and red costumes line the lower edge. The ceiling is painted with blue clouds. No living people are clearly visible in the scene.2006-01-07September 28 20172017-09-28A painted diorama inside a temple corridor shows painted and sculpted figures in scenes from Hindu mythology. On the left, a white-skinned Shiva figure with long matted hair sits cross-legged beside a seated goddess in a green and pink sari with gold jewellery. On the right, a figure in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits beside a child in pink, while a woman in pink holds a sword before a striped shrine. Painted hills, a tree, temple spires and a red sun form the backdrop. Two Devanagari captions are visible, one reading Uma-Maheshwar Samvad and the other a darshan label. The figures are statues and paintings, so no physical people are present.2006-01-07September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copies