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A photograph of a festival scene with two large golden utsava murti figures seated on a platform, one wearing an orange turban and the other a dark headdress with a teal and gold sari. Both are draped with yellow and red marigold garlands and layered white and gold necklaces. In the foreground a person in an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth leans over the platform, reaching toward the decorated base where a white cloth, a silver-and-red jewelled breastplate and marigold garlands are arranged. Behind them hangs a purple cloth with gold embroidery including a trident motif, and colourful balloons float at the upper left and right. A partially visible person stands at the left edge.

December 24 2007

A photograph inside a temple shrine. A woman in an orange sleeveless top and long orange skirt bends forward, her hands placing a red-and-gold cloth on the head of a white-and-orange statue seated in front of a large golden-framed altar. The altar holds a large deity murti with a red turban and heavy jewelled necklaces beside a female figure in red and gold dress, both draped in garlands of marigolds and yellow, purple and white flowers. A gold-rimmed bowl, a kalasha-like brass vessel, a conch, brass lamps and plates with white jasmine and marigold petals sit on the stone platform. A painted demonic face with bulging eyes and open jaws stands at the left edge.

2008-12-25 +1 copies

A woman in a red sari stands at left, bending forward to place her hands on a golden deity murti at the centre of a decorated shrine. The murti is draped in garlands of yellow marigolds, purple flowers and green leaves, with hanging gold and white ornaments. Behind it, two larger painted deity murtis wear red and gold robes, crowns and jewellery, and are also garlanded. A small white and red-turbaned figure sits in front of the shrine. A man in white clothes stands at the far left near a gate, and a white and red canopy hangs overhead.

December 24 2007

A photograph of a temple shrine with two large deity murtis, one with a red turban and garlanded in gold necklaces, the other crowned and draped in orange and green cloth with a bow-like attribute. In the foreground, a person in saffron/orange robes with long dark hair stands with back to the camera, arm extended toward a silver vessel on a white-draped altar. The altar is decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, a brocade cloth and brass lamps and vessels. Red curtains frame the stone pillared shrine. The person's identity is not established by visible cues beyond saffron robes and long hair, so the a person field is unsure.

January 01 2012

December 31 2009

A photograph inside a temple shrine decorated with multicolored flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and white. A man with long dark hair wearing an orange robe and orange lower cloth stands at left, reaching toward a gilded deity murti. The central golden deity wears an orange turban and ornate necklaces and holds a golden ritual implement. A standing gilded figure in orange robes and a crown stands at right with a garland. In front, a smaller black stone figure is adorned with vibhuti-marked brow and orange cloth, with a brass vessel and a white statue of a seated saint in orange wrapped in a yellow garland. A brass oil lamp stands at right, and the scene is lit by warm light.

July 07 2009

June 09 2009

Outdoor temple-style scene with two standing figures at left and large golden deity murti at right. On the right, a gold-faced deity murti wearing an orange-red turban and ornate gold necklaces sits beside a second murti in a purple garment with gold jewellery, both draped in garlands of yellow, white, red and purple flowers. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and an orange shawl, with a flower garland in his hands, stands beside a woman in an orange-red top and orange wrap, walking past the pillared stone structure with red curtains. A silver-and-gold jewelled ornament hangs on the murti's chest. Trees and foliage fill the background.