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A photograph of an unfinished decorated stage set at dusk, with a green woven or lattice panel forming an arched frame overhead. A seated statue or doll draped in a green and pink cloth sits on a swing-like seat suspended from a wooden frame, while an empty wooden swing hangs beside it on a striped red, green and blue mat. Yellow poles and scattered sticks and bamboo strips lie on the ground, and a timestamp reads 18 Dec 2022 18:19:35. No people are visible.

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December 19 20222022-12-19December 18 20222022-12-18May 22 20182018-05-22 +1 copiesA night photograph of an open-sided hall with stone pillars and an ornate canopied swing or seat on the left, where a man in a maroon-brown garment with white-and-red garlands sits on a red cushion and smiles. Striped red and orange carpeting covers the floor. A small yellow-draped table holds rows of brass oil lamps, and a dark spiky object rests nearby. On the right, a shrine with a deity murti decorated with garlands, two cows on the roof, and a golden-framed picture panel. Framed portraits hang on the wall above the pillars, with colourful hanging cloth ornaments. A standing fan and a folded fur-like mat sit on the floor. Several people are not visible; the seated man is the only clearly visible person.2018-05-22May 22 20182018-05-22August 10 20172017-08-10A thulabharam ceremony on a decorated stage. A man with a shaved head and a gold ornate crown sits on a suspended wooden swing seat wrapped with white and pink flower garlands, wearing a rust-brown dhoti, gold necklaces and a white-and-pink garland. Opposite him on a second hanging scale-pan, golden cloth sacks are piled as counterweight. Behind, a woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala and a person in white stand beside the pans. Painted deity murti statues flank the central golden doors, and the canopy is hung with red, yellow, green and blue bunting with bird motifs.2017-08-10March 16 20112011-03-16A seated man with a long, swept-back hairstyle and a golden crown wears an orange-saffron dhoti and a shawl, with heavy gold necklaces, a white flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala. He sits on a leopard-print cushion beneath a gilded canopy hung with red, yellow, green and blue bunting bearing white dove motifs. Two large painted deity statues flank him, each with multiple arms and orange-red skin; a golden staff leans against the left pillar. Chains suspend a gilded swing frame in front of carved double doors, and a colourful striped floor cloth covers the platform.2017-08-10May 22 20182018-05-22August 10 20172017-08-10A seated figure sits cross-legged on a flower-decked wooden swing draped with red, yellow and white garlands, wearing a gold crown, layered gold necklaces, a white and pink garland and a brown-orange robe, one hand raised in blessing. Beside him on a second garlanded swing, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders stands with palms joined in namaskar, shirtless, with ash markings on his chest and forehead. Between the swings sits a small white box with a green leaf on a gold cloth. The backdrop is a maroon and gold patterned cloth, and scattered petals cover the floor.2019-05-18