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Outdoors under a pale blue sky and green trees, a bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his chest and arm stands in the foreground facing a richly decorated deity murti of Ganesha, seated on an ornate gilded silver throne-like canopy. The murti wears a blue and silver embroidered garment, a jewelled necklace and a crown, and is garlanded with red roses and yellow marigolds. Gold-coloured embroidered fabric hangs behind it and an orange cloth drapes the canopy top. No one in the picture is identified as a person.

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A photograph of a golden utsava murti, a deity image dressed in a blue embroidered garment with jewelled ornaments and a gold crown, seated within an ornate gilded shrine canopy hung with red and yellow flower garlands. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands with his back to the camera, and beside him a figure with long white hair is partly visible, both facing the deity. A sacred thread and white markings are visible on the foreground man, and a light blue sky and green trees appear behind the shrine.2016-12-16A photograph of a decorated metal or stone murti standing on a gold-ornate palanquin-style throne, framed by a large arch of garlands in red, yellow, green, white and purple flowers. The figure wears a brown dhoti-like garment with a gold-toned chest ornament and necklaces, a brown turban-style headdress with a small crown, and gold armlets. Orange and red flower garlands drape the throne sides, and a silver kalasha-like pot and offering stand before the figure. No physical people are visible. Fans sit at the left edge against a pink-and-white wall.2013-05-25December 06 20112011-12-06A six-panel collage of garlanded statues in gilded arched shrines, each decorated with red, yellow and orange marigold garlands. Panels show seated and standing deity murti, including figures in orange and red garments, a figure with a tall crown and trident-like emblem, and a saffron-robed standing figure with hands folded in namaste. No physical people are visible; the images are statues in shrines, with palm trees in the background of one panel.2011-11-29 +1 copiesDecember 16 20162016-12-16August 27 20142014-08-27 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05A figure with long dark dreadlocks and a bare back stands in the foreground, viewed from behind, reaching upward to adorn or touch a richly decorated deity murti. The central murti wears a golden crown, a heavy jewelled necklace and silver ornaments, and is framed by thick garlands of yellow and green flowers with red and white blossoms. Two smaller silver-clad figures flank it, and a golden kalasha-shaped finial sits at the lower right near an ornate silver-and-gold shrine arch with a deep orange cloth backdrop. The scene appears to be a night-time temple puja or alankara ritual.2016-12-19Photograph of a priest in a white dhoti and shawl holding a brass aarti plate with a flame over two gold-coloured deity murti dressed in teal and green garments, adorned with white, yellow and red flower garlands and gold necklaces, with crowns on their heads and a gold arched backdrop behind them. The priest, wearing a rudraksha mala and red sacred threads on his wrist, performs aarti during a temple ritual. No identifiable a person candidate is visible in the scene.2018-01-18December 15 20112011-12-15A photograph of a festival setting with a large gilded ornate chariot-like structure carved with figures, topped by a gold umbrella. Two large murti figures, a deity statue and a figure in colourful flower garlands, sit on golden seats, one wearing a gold crown and holding an object. Garlands of yellow, red, purple and white flowers drape the figures. Several people in the foreground, including a woman in an orange sari and men in white and cream clothes, sit or stand near the seats. Red plastic chairs and a white draped backdrop complete the scene.2015-01-13July 31 20152015-07-31