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A row of painted clay figurines displayed on a white cloth against a backdrop, with warm string lights along the edges. Several small deity figures stand in a line on dark bases, decorated with garlands of flowers and gold-coloured crowns and haloes. Their robes are orange, yellow, pink and green, with one figure in blue and orange holding an object. Some figures are adorned with gold necklaces and mala garlands. No living people are visible; the figures are statues.

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October 01 20082008-10-01October 02 20112011-10-02A row of brightly painted clay or wooden deity figurines displayed on orange and gold cloth-covered shelves in a temple-style setting. Figures wear gold crowns and jewellery, with pink, blue, yellow and green colouring, and some have garlands of red, green and white. In the background more painted figures and a small brass shrine piece are visible. No people are present; the figures are statues and this is a display of deity murti.2011-09-09October 02 20112011-10-02September 09 20112011-09-09October 12 20072007-10-12October 02 20112011-10-02A photograph of a Golu display, a tiered arrangement of small clay and painted figurines set on a white draped cloth and lit by a string of warm yellow fairy lights along the shelf edges. A row of about fifteen small figurines in red, white and green dress stands and kneels with hands folded in namaskar, arranged like devotees facing a central deity. Additional figurines sit on the shelves above and below, and a painted Kathakali-style figure with a tall headdress appears at the lower right. No living people are visible; the display figures are statues.2008-10-01October 02 20112011-10-02October 08 20162016-10-08October 11 20132013-10-11October 08 20162016-10-08