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Indoor Navaratri celebration stage with a large banner reading Dasara celebrat(ion) showing a smiling man with long dark hair and rudraksha beads beside a woman in red and gold jewellery. Centre stage, a figure in orange robes sits on a golden ornate throne with a canopy, flanked by a decorated deity murti on the left. On the right, two musicians sit on a red-draped platform: a man in grey kurta playing a drum and a woman in an orange sari with a microphone. Several people in white clothes sit on the floor and orange cushions at left, and a camera on a tripod is set up near the stage.

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October 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesA stage set for the Dasara celebration under a large orange backdrop with a painted portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and the words Dasara and Dasara in Kannada script. At center, a figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate golden throne with a gold arch behind it, flanked by red cushions. In front, a row of people in white and yellow ritual clothes sit on orange carpeting, some with brass vessels before them, and a seated musician in green sari stands at the left edge. To the right a large deity murti with a crown and garlands is displayed. The seated figure in orange is an appearance-based probable candidate with a rudraksha mala and ornate throne, but the image is too small to confirm features.2010-10-11October 07 20082008-10-07A photograph of a Dasara event in a hall with a large orange backdrop. A seated figure in orange robes sits on an ornate golden throne with floral garlands at the centre of the stage, flanked by a golden throne-like seat and a large banner with a painted portrait of a man in an orange turban and a goddess image. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes fill the foreground and middle, with some in colourful dresses and others in saffron. A man in white stands near a camera on a tripod at the side. Above the stage, a banner reads Dasara, and a screen hangs at the left.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA stage set for a Dasara celebration at a hall with white draped valance and screens, backed by a large orange banner with a smiling saffron-turbaned man's portrait and Kannada/English text reading Dasara. Central raised golden throne holds a seated figure in orange with a garland, flanked by two gold-decorated deity and pedestal arrangements with flower garlands and kalasha-like forms. Rows of oil lamps line the steps and platform, and smoke rises at left. Several seated people in white and orange clothes sit on the floor and steps, some in saris, with others at the stage edge performing puja; a seated audience in the foreground faces the stage.2010-10-17A photograph of a Dasara celebration stage with an orange backdrop reading Dasara and a Kannada word. A seated figure in orange and red garlands sits on a flower-decorated throne under a yellow fringed parasol. Beside him stands a golden deity murti of a goddess with a flower garland and a peetha, and at right a large painted goddess image with a crown and jewelry. Around the orange mat, a group of about a dozen people in white and yellow clothes sit on the floor facing the stage; two men in white dhotis at left sit behind microphones with brass items, and a shaved-headed man in white with a sacred thread sits near the centre. Brass plates and offerings lie on the mat in front.2010-10-12Indoor stage event with a large banner reading "Dasara 2008" and "celebrate the Divine Mother" and "be blessed" above a golden throne draped with garlands on a raised dais. A robed figure in orange sits on the throne, flanked by a banner portrait of a smiling figure in white with a shawl and a portrait of a goddess in red with ornate jewellery. A man in a white kurta sits cross-legged on a red cloth facing the stage, while a woman in a red-brown shawl sits beside a microphone on the right. A cameraman with a tripod films at left, and a decorated altar with a deity murti and flowers sits in the background.2008-10-06October 10 20102010-10-10October 17 20102010-10-17A photograph of a Dasara celebration stage at the Sripuram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam hall, with an orange backdrop reading "Dasara" in English and Kannada. A figure seated on an ornate gold throne with an orange umbrella and garlands in orange and yellow marigolds appears to be a seated person wearing an orange turban and orange garments; the appearance is uncertain. A gold palanquin-style seat on the left holds a small deity murti decorated with garlands, and a second decorated seat with a fringed parasol stands on the right. Several people sit on the floor in white and yellow clothes, some with white dhoti-style garments, facing the throne in devotion. Brass lamps and offering plates are set on the floor in front.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17