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Overhead view of an empty wooden ritual stand or altar with carved dark wood rails and a red velvet base. At the centre sits a large gold-toned Sri Yantra plate, surrounded by four smaller gold yantras on red cushions at the corners and three small gold yantras in a row at the front. A folded cloth and a small framed yantra image appear at the upper left. No people are visible.

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December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Close view of a gold-coloured Sri Yantra set into a wooden shrine panel edged in red felt. The central large yantra, with interlocking triangles and a bindu at the centre, is framed by a lotus-petal ring and square gold border. Smaller gold yantras flank it on the left and right, with more partially visible below. No people are visible; the shrine is decorated with polished brass plates and red inlays.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Close overhead photograph of a polished brass sri yantra, a stepped geometric meru-style object with a rounded top knob and fluted lotus-petal base, resting on a square brass platform set atop a weathered red wooden stand with chipped paint. Background is a soft blurred wall. No people are visible.2010-07-05July 02 20152015-07-02A photograph of a gold-coloured Sri Yantra meru object, a tiered pyramid of stacked square and triangular platforms topped by a slender spire, set on a wooden base with a red velvet inlay. It sits on a maroon cloth with a gold repeating pattern, in front of carved dark wooden doors and a carved wooden bench. No people are visible. The object is a yantra or meru, not a person.2016-12-06A photograph of a large gold-coloured Sri Yantra meru object placed on a dark wooden stand with a red velvet base, resting on a maroon cloth with gold floral pattern. Behind it are reddish-brown wooden panelled doors and a cream wall with a carved wooden column. No people are visible.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06A wooden display bench with turned balusters holds several gold-coloured multi-tiered metal chakra or mandala sculptures on red bases. A large central gold stepped sculpture stands in front of a framed painted portrait of a bearded man in an orange turban and orange-and-gold robes; the portrait is a painting, not a physical person. Behind, framed photo collages and a red draped table with yellow and red marigold garlands sit beside a poster showing a seated figure in red robes. No physical people are present in the scene.2016-12-06