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Overhead photo of a ritual offering setup on a lavender cloth with gold-and-blue elephant-patterned border. Large bronze feet of a deity murti are visible at upper left, adorned with garlands of yellow marigolds, pink and white flowers. A bronze tray holds red hibiscus and white jasmine offerings and small green fruits. Five coconuts wrapped with white jasmine garlands stand in silver bowls among mango leaves on the right. Scattered petals cover the cloth, and a bronze hand with a lotus-shaped base appears at lower left beside a white dhoti edge. No people are visible.

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October 15 20062006-10-15Close photograph of a festival setting on a wooden floor scattered with flower petals. A golden-framed deity murti sits on a small ornate base, adorned with a white garland and necklace. Beside it, a clay kalasha pot wrapped in white netting is decorated with green mango leaves and white jasmine and yellow flowers. A silver vessel with leaves stands to the right. Behind, the legs of a figure in white dhoti and gold-embroidered cloth are visible, next to a purple silk garment with red-and-gold border and a red-and-green flower garland. A golden pillar and parked motorbikes appear at the edges.2006-10-23Photo of a puja offering laid on a wooden floor before a deity murti decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flowers. In front of the image sit a silver kalasha with mango leaves and a coconut, a brass pot, a steel plate of bananas, apples, coconut, betel leaves and fruit, plus steel bowls of cooked rice, boiled chickpeas and lentils, and a small cup of ghee. Only the lower legs and feet of a person in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and gold-toned sandals are visible, with a purple silk sari at upper right. Loose petals scatter the floor.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23Close view of deity murti in a flower-decorated procession setting. A standing metal or stone deity figure is draped in an orange cloth and heavily garlanded with pink gladiolus-type flowers, white jasmine strands, and orange marigolds. Beside it, a second garlanded murti rests on a purple cloth with white and orange flower garlands. Yellow and red marigold garlands hang on a wooden stand. Coconut halves, a brass lamp stand with a small flame, leaves and a green plant sit in the foreground.2006-10-31October 23 20062006-10-23Overhead photo of a floor offering arrangement on a reddish-brown wooden floor. A large bronze hand. Silver trays hold bananas, green and red apples, whole coconuts, mangoes or limes, and a small bowl of red kumkum, with yellow flowers scattered over them. A framed photo in the upper left shows a man in a purple top, but it is a printed picture and not a physical person. No people are physically visible in the frame.2006-10-10October 20 20062006-10-20November 05 20062006-11-05October 28 20062006-10-28August 08 20182018-08-08July 04 20162016-07-04