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A 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.

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October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A 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.2010-10-12October 17 20102010-10-17A stage event with an orange backdrop printed with large Kannada script and the English word Dasara, Celebrating the Universal Mother. On the left a golden deity murti is adorned with yellow and purple marigold garlands beneath a multicoloured parasol. On the right a large deity image wears red and gold ornaments and marigold garlands. At centre a man in orange robes and a garland sits on an ornate garlanded throne under a yellow fringed parasol. Before him, several seated devotees in white and yellow saris and white dhotis sit on orange mats in front of brass plates and offerings. Two priests with shaved heads and white cloth sit at the left with microphones and a brass bell.2010-10-12October 11 20102010-10-11A stage ceremony beneath an orange backdrop reading Dasara with Kannada script and the subtitle Celebrating the Universal Mother. A seated figure in orange garments and a garland sits on a golden throne under a yellow-fringed umbrella, with a decorated deity murti of a goddess in green and red adornment and garlands on a golden stand to the left, and a large ornate goddess image on the right. Several people in white dhoti and shawls sit on orange mats before offering plates with fruit and flowers, some in yellow sashes and white saris, with two priests in white at left holding a bell and a book beside microphones. The scene reads as a Dasara worship event with puja offerings.2010-10-12A photograph of a Dasara celebration stage with an orange backdrop reading Dasara in English and Kannada script, and a large painted deity image on the right showing a goddess with a crown, red face, and gold and red jewellery. On the left, a golden deity murti sits on a throne decorated with garlands under an ornate umbrella. In the centre, a seated figure in orange robes sits on a garlanded golden throne beneath a yellow fringed umbrella, with a garland draped over the shoulders. Before him, several people sit on orange mats in white clothes, including a man in white dhoti and shawl, a woman in a cream sari, a man in a white dhoti with a bare upper body, and women in white saris with yellow borders. Brass offering plates and lamps are set on the mat in front. Text on the backdrop is copyright-watermarked.2010-10-12A stage at a Dasara celebration with a red-orange backdrop bearing the Kannada word ದಸರಾ and English 'Dasara' with partial text 'Celeb...other'. A central figure in saffron-orange robes sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, hands joined in namaskar. Beside the throne stands a large golden deity murti adorned with garlands, and a banner portrait at upper left shows a smiling man in an orange turban. Seated before the throne are women and girls in white and yellow saris and one in orange, with a man in white at the front, all in prayer posture with hands joined. Brass offering plates with flowers and orange cloths lie on the orange dais in front.2010-10-11October 11 20102010-10-11A seated figure in orange robes sits on an ornate golden throne decorated with marigold and multicoloured garlands, beneath a yellow fringed parasol. Before him, a row of devotees in white and cream clothes sit on an orange mat, with ritual brass vessels, plates and offerings laid out in front. On the left stands a golden deity murti garlanded with flowers, and on the right a large painted image of a goddess adorned with a red-and-gold crown, jewellery and flower garlands. A backdrop displays the Kannada words and the English word Dasara, with a banner reading Celebrate the Divine Mother.2010-10-12