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A golden deity murti stands in front of a large flower backdrop of orange, yellow, red, green and white marigold-style garlands arranged in a semicircle. The murti wears a jewelled crown, elaborate red and white stone necklaces, a gold coin garland, and a deep purple cloth. It holds a trident-like staff in one hand and a ceremonial implement with a cobra-shaped handle in the other. No physical people are visible; the figure is a statue.

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November 14 20102010-11-14A gilded metal deity murti. The murti wears a tall black hair crown with a jewelled red and white headpiece and ornate gold necklaces with red and green stones. It holds a golden trident-like staff in one hand and a curved ceremonial implement in the other. A purple cloth is draped over the chest.2010-11-14A golden metal deity murti is the main subject, shown in close frontal view with a large black hair crown, a jeweled crown with red stones, and a gold face with red lips. It wears an ornate multi-strand gold necklace with coin-like pendants, jeweled earrings, and a purple garment. Its right hand holds a golden cobra-hooded implement and a pink lotus flower rests at the lower right. Behind it is a large arch of marigold-like garlands in orange, yellow, red, green, white and maroon. The background shows a blurred red and gold temple scene and a dark blue curtain.2010-11-12A golden metal deity murti stands centrally, framed by a large arch of garlands in orange, yellow, red, green, maroon and white flowers. The figure wears a gold crown with a tall decorative ornament, heavy jewelled necklaces, large earrings, and a purple garment with gold coin-like ornaments. It holds a trident-like staff in one hand and a pink lotus bloom in the other. Behind it hang dark blue curtains and draped cloth. No physical people are visible.2010-11-12November 05 20102010-11-05A golden deity murti of Lakshmi, adorned for worship, is framed by dense garlands of red, orange, yellow and white flowers. The figure wears an ornate jeweled crown with red stones, gold earrings, layered gold necklaces, and a magenta garment. One hand holds a yellow flower and the other rests in a raised gesture; gold coins are pressed around the figure. No physical people are visible; the figure is a statue.2010-11-05November 12 20102010-11-12November 05 20102010-11-05A golden deity murti of a goddess stands adorned for worship, wearing an ornate jewelled crown, large jhumka earrings, a gold nose ring, layered gold and gem necklaces, and a green and orange sari-like garment. She holds a golden ceremonial staff in one hand. Behind her is a backdrop of garlands in red, white, purple, yellow and green flowers. The murti is a statue, with no physical people visible.2011-11-29A metal deity murti richly adorned for worship, framed by dense garlands of white jasmine, deep red and pink flowers and yellow marigolds. The murti wears a jewelled crown with red stones, a gold-and-red stone necklace, earrings and a purple garment, and holds a golden conch-shaped object and a jewelled staff. Gold coins and a yellow flower rest near its hands, with green leaves around the sides. A copyright overlay for the archive appears at the lower right.2010-11-05A metal deity murti. It wears a gold crown, a red silk garment, layered jewelled necklaces and earrings, and holds a trident and other ritual implements in its multiple hands. Warm light falls on the figure against a dark background with a partly visible festival structure at the edges.2010-11-09A gilded deity murti is decorated for worship, framed by dense bands of red roses, yellow marigolds and green leaves. The figure wears an ornate gold crown with red and green gem inlays, a white jasmine garland, and a heavily jewelled gold torso adornment with pink and green accents. A silver sceptre-like staff and a silver bird-shaped figure stand at the sides. Garlanded palm-stem decorations rise at the right edge. No people are visible.2008-10-01