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A photograph of a festival pandal with large colourful clay murtis of deities. Centre, a multi-armed goddess with dark hair, red garment and sword rides or stands beside a lion. Left, Ganesha in pink and gold stands next to a female deity. Right, two more female deities in yellow and gold sit with veena-like instruments. A seated figure in orange-red dress and rudraksha-style adornment sits on a silver throne at right, possibly a priest or guru; the face is not clearly visible and he is not confidently identified. Foreground shows marigold garlands, flower offerings, brass lamps and a kalasha-like vessel on an altar, with a few devotees in orange shawls and a woman in a sari at the right edge. Ornate silver peetha and chairs fill the right side under pink and white canopy cloth.

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September 28 20172017-09-28 +5 copiesA photograph of a large devotional stage set with several ornate, gold-and-yellow decorated deity murtis under a pink and white tented ceiling. In the center, a goddess murti with many arms holds weapons and stands beside a lion mount, flanked by additional murtis including a ganesha figure on the left. On the right, a seated man in a rust-red garment and a pink-and-white garland sits on a silver throne before a silver kalasha-style stand, while a woman in a red robe with long hair stands with her back to the camera in the foreground near a ritual table with flowers and brass vessels. Several people in saffron and orange clothing sit at the lower edge of the frame.2017-09-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a festival puja set up under a pink and white draped canopy, with large painted clay deity murtis dominating the scene. A central figure with multiple arms, holding weapons and seated on a lion, is flanked by two more deity figures with haloed arches and yellow garlands, and a ganesha-like figure stands at left. In the foreground on the right, a man in an orange-red robe with an orange shawl and rudraksha-style garlands sits on a silver throne, his head bare with short hair. A standing attendant in a dark red robe is at right edge, and several people in orange and saffron head cloths sit in the lower foreground near brass lamps and flower offerings.2017-09-28A photograph of a decorated indoor shrine under a tented ceiling. Central on a raised platform stands a large deity murti of a multi-armed goddess in red and gold, seated on a lion, flanked by golden-haloed murtis of Ganesha in pink and other goddesses in yellow saris holding a veena. A saffron-robed figure in the foreground stands with back partly turned beside an ornate silver stand. Several people in orange garments and white garlands sit in the lower foreground near offering trays of marigolds and flower garlands, with brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels on the altar. Pink and white drapery hangs overhead.2017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +2 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28