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A photograph of a Navaratri Bommai Golu display of painted clay deity figurines on tiered red cloth, lit by small lamps. Centre stage is a multi-armed goddess figure in a red-and-pink sari with a golden crown and jewelled necklaces, holding weapons in her raised hands and standing on a lion. Beside her a dark-skinned demon figure in a red loincloth is held down by her foot in the scene. Other painted deity figurines in blue, pink and gold line the tiers behind, and brass figurines stand in the foreground. No live people are visible.

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September 26 20172017-09-26A festive display of painted clay dolls, a golu arrangement, on tiered step platforms draped in gold and maroon brocade. Centre stands a multi-armed goddess figure in a pink and red sari with a tall crown, flanked by a seated figure playing a veena and another figure riding a tiger, plus a seated figure on a lotus at right. Around them are smaller dolls of gods, sages, a bull, a silver mountain-like shrine and a small temple model. No living people are visible in the frame apart from a small figure in yellow at lower centre, who appears to be a doll as well.2016-10-08A photograph of a navaratri golu display: a tiered arrangement of painted clay dolls and figurines on a gold-brocade cloth. At centre stands a large multi-armed goddess figure with a crown, red-and-pink sari and jewelled necklaces, seated on a green-and-yellow lion-like mount, flanked by a seated deity playing a veena and another goddess on a striped tiger. Smaller figurines include a priest-like figure in orange and a child in yellow, dolls in blue and green saris, and silver temple-shaped models at the back. Visible figures are statues only, with no living people in the frame.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08 +1 copiesA tiered golu display of festival dolls and figurines on red draped steps for Navaratri. At the top centre, a multi-armed goddess with a pink crown and red and gold sari rides a painted tiger, holding weapons aloft. Below, rows of smaller deity figures in bright painted colours, including blue-skinned figures and goddesses with veena and lamps, sit among small purple and red LED lights. Brass and bronze figurines stand along the lower edge and in the upper background. No physical people are visible.2017-09-26 +1 copiesA large painted clay murti of the goddess Durga seated astride a striped yellow-and-white tiger. She has multiple arms holding a lotus, a mace, a discus, a bell and a sword, with a golden halo and crown. She wears a red and gold sari and a pink flower in her hair, with a garland of pink and white flowers. Behind her are gleaming brass and metal statues of deities and figures on a red-draped display, typical of a Navaratri bommai golu arrangement. Blue and green lights line the base.2017-09-26A tiered Navaratri golu display filled with rows of painted clay and doll figurines on red and gold cloth steps. At the centre, a multi-armed goddess figure in pink and red sits upon a lion or tiger mount, surrounded by smaller deity figures, Ganesha images at the top corners, and figurines of people and animals. Golden ornamental arches and a dark carved stand frame the upper section.2016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08A tiered golu display of dolls and figurines covering several red-draped steps, lit with small coloured fairy lights and red lamps. Central figure is a multi-armed goddess riding a tiger, with a second similar murti on a lower tier. Many smaller clay and brass figures of deities, saints and animals fill the rows, with a large dark metal deity seated on a lion-like mount to the right. No physical people are visible.2017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesOctober 08 20162016-10-08 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20112011-09-09