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A photograph of a temple ritual in which a person with long, dark, wavy hair and a saffron-orange garment is adorning a deity murti. The murti is draped in a colourful garland-covered cloth of yellow, green, red, pink and white flowers with mirror-like sequins, and a silver-coloured crown or headpiece is visible atop it. The person's hands, decorated with bangles, hold and arrange silver ornaments on the murti. Above is a white and red decorated canopy with a blue emblem, and a wall with a leafy decorative border is behind. Ritual alankaram decoration of the deity is shown.

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A photograph of a figure in a saffron-orange garment with long dark hair, reaching toward an ornately decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in layers of colourful garlands in yellow, green, pink, red and white, with a gold and jewelled crown and gold ornaments. A white fringed canopy with red tassels and a red, gold and blue lotus-like emblem hangs above. A printed date stamp reads 23-1-2006 at the left edge.2006-01-22December 22 20052005-12-22A photograph of a deity murti being decorated inside a temple shrine, with a bright floral alankaram of multicoloured garlands in yellow, green, red, white and pink draped around the figure. The murti wears a tall jewelled crown and a red garment with gold ornaments. A person in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands at left, one hand raised to touch the murti's face or crown. Above hangs a white fringed canopy with red tassels and red, blue and gold lotus-petal motifs. A small purple panel with white line art is visible at left.2006-01-23December 22 20052005-12-22November 09 20072007-11-09A photograph taken from below of a figure in an orange cloth wrap with long, dark, unkempt hair and a bare back, reaching up to adjust or touch a deity murti seated under a large ornate canopy. The murti wears a green and red silk sari with gold border and a jewelled crown, and is surrounded by layered garlands in yellow, green, red, pink, blue and white, plus sequinned decorative strands. An orange cloth drapes the base, and multicoloured fringed canopy panels rise above. Dated procession or ritual scene; the figure is a single attendant, and any identity is not established.2005-12-22December 22 20052005-12-22December 22 20052005-12-22Low-angle outdoor photo of a procession. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, stands at the left with his right arm extended toward a decorated deity murti. The murti sits on a vehicle draped in dense multicoloured garlands of red, yellow, green, white, blue and pink flowers, and has a gold crown and gold jewellery, dressed in a green and red silk sari. A tall umbrella canopy above it has a yellow-gold field with red, green, orange and dark blue fringed panels. The sky behind is pale blue with clouds.2005-12-22December 19 20162016-12-19A photograph of a festival procession scene under a decorated canopy with painted panels showing Nandi bulls and a Shivalinga. A deity murti in gold tone with a crown and ornaments sits within a tall structure covered in colourful flower garlands in yellow, red, white, pink and green, topped by a multicoloured umbrella. In the foreground a bare-backed man with long dark hair wears an orange cloth wrapped around his waist and holds a white cloth up to the garlanded figure, as fruit such as mangoes and bananas sits in a basket below. Trees and a thatched shelter appear in the background under a cloudy sky.2005-12-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual: a bare-backed man with long, dark, swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange cloth wrapped around his waist and hands on a deity murti draped in garlands of yellow, red, green and white flowers. The murti has a gold crown and ornaments with a red silk cloth beneath. Behind him, a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala stands watching, with other onlookers and a pillared temple roof above.2006-10-01