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Photograph of a festival stage set inside a white tent, with ornate gold temple-style structures and a red draped platform. Centre, a deity murti stands under a floral garland and ornate arch, flanked by gold carved doorways. Seated on the stage in orange and saffron clothing, a figure with a turban is in the centre of the ritual scene; devotees in white and western-style clothes stand with folded hands and offer prayers. On the left, a seated deity murti with a floral garland sits on a golden stand. Several men in orange and saffron turbans and shawls raise oil lamps or torches toward the stage, while camera equipment and monitors are visible in the foreground. Roughly fifteen people are visible in the scene.

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A photograph of a ceremonial stage inside a white tent, with an ornate gold-coloured shrine arch at the centre holding a deity murti draped in garlands of marigolds and colourful floral strands. Flanking it, a seated figure in a large floral garland sits on a gold-framed seat, and a golden carved gateway stands at the right. The red-draped platform holds several seated people and devotees in white and orange garments, with brass lamps lit on the stage in front. In the foreground, men in orange and saffron robes with saffron turbans raise their hands toward the stage, a camera on a crane arm and tripod is at the left, and a seated man in white is at the lower left. Visible people are roughly two dozen.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A photograph of a large ceremonial stage under a white tent, with an elaborate gold-coloured temple-style shrine at the back holding a deity murti decorated with a colourful flower garland. Several people sit on the red-draped platform in front of the shrine, some in white and grey clothing and some in saffron-orange. On the left, a figure in orange sits beside a second garlanded deity murti on a golden stand. On the right, a man in orange sits on the platform near a lamp-lit area, and a woman in pink sits on a red chair. In the foreground, standing men in saffron-orange with wrapped orange turbans raise lit oil lamps or torches toward the shrine, and a seated man in white watches with a camera rig at the left edge. Gold ornamental panels frame the stage.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Ceremonial stage photo with a large ornate golden arch and gilded panels behind a red-draped dais. At centre, a figure seated on a golden throne before a flower-garlanded deity murti, with a dark-robed attendant nearby. Several attendants in orange-saffron robes and maroon head cloths hold flaming lamps toward the dais, while a saffron-clad figure sits to the right. Seated devotees in white and grey clothes face the stage, and a film camera on a crane arm and monitors stand in the foreground.2015-01-13A wide photograph of a ceremonial stage in a temple-style pandal with ornate gold arches and pillars. Two deity murtis sit on golden thrones decorated with multicoloured flower garlands, and a third deity figure stands on the left, also garlanded. In front, a red-draped stage holds seated devotees in white and pastel clothing, while saffron-robed priests with turbans and shawls stand and kneel, holding lit oil lamps. Camera equipment and a crane are visible in the foreground, with monitors at the stage edge. A tall ceremonial figure in an orange wrap sits near the right of the stage, and a row of seated people in white and maroon clothing sits near the centre.2015-01-13A golden temple-style stage in a tent hosts a ceremony before a large gilded shrine arch with a central deity murti draped in garlands of orange, yellow and purple flowers. On the left a second garlanded murti sits on a golden lion-throne. Several saffron-robed men in orange and red turbans stand on the sides, one raising a flaming lamp, another holding a flame at the right edge. Seated devotees in white and grey shirts and saris face the stage, while a seated priest in orange sits at the right. Red draped platforms and a camera crane frame the scene.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Photo of a ceremonial stage under a white tent with an ornate gold temple-style arch and gold carved side panels. Centre, a figure in orange and gold clothing sits on a gold-and-red seat framed by a multicoloured floral garland, with a jewelled crown and necklaces, in front of a deity murti-like gold arch. To the left, a second floral-garlanded seat holds a gold statue or image draped in a garland. Near the stage, seated devotees in white and dark clothing face the central seat with hands folded, while several orange-robed attendants wearing turbans sit on the red-draped platform. In the foreground, turbaned attendants in orange-striped cloth hold lit oil lamps beside a camera and tripod. A crane-mounted camera is visible at the left edge.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13