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Photograph of a decorated festival palanquin at dusk under a tent canopy. A seated statue in red and orange clothing, wearing a crown, a layered necklace and a raised hand, is framed by garlands of marigolds in yellow, red, white and purple. The gilded, carved wooden palanquin has a flame burning on a torch at right, and hanging tassels in red, green, yellow and orange with brass bells decorate the canopy. No living people are visible in the frame.

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December 18 20132013-12-18A golden utsava murti of a seated deity is decorated with a thick garland of yellow marigolds, red and white flowers and green leaves, shown under a canopy hung with gold-tasselled fringes in red, teal and orange. The figure wears a pearl-strand necklace and a crown-like headdress and holds its hands in a blessing pose; the scene is lit at dusk with oil lamps visible at the edges.2013-12-18December 18 20132013-12-18December 24 20132013-12-24February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesNight photograph of a gilded processional palanquin (ratha-style vahana) carrying a deity murti dressed in a blue-green garment and heavily adorned with garlands of pink, red and white flowers. The ornate gold canopy arch and carved gold base are hung with tasselled fringes in purple, yellow, turquoise and pink. In the lower right, a bare-chested priest in an orange-red cloth, with a rudraksha-style neck cord, holds a lit oil lamp or aarti flame toward the palanquin. A green cloth drapes behind the deity and a tiled roof is visible overhead. No a person candidate is identifiable in the visible scene.2013-04-24February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesDecember 18 20132013-12-18A gilded golden canopy shrine decorated with multicoloured tassel garlands in red, green, blue, orange and white hangs between ornate gold pillars. Beneath it a man in an orange-brown robe and a patterned cone-shaped headdress lifts a metal kalasha or pot above a golden deity murti adorned with gold necklaces, floral garlands and a crown, while flames glow above. Printed borders with dove motifs frame the scene, and a flower-decorated altar sits below. Only the priest is a physical person, with partly visible figures behind him.2013-12-24November 23 20102010-11-23April 24 20132013-04-24April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies