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September 21 2017

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Four women sit on ornate silver thrones in front of large painted deity murti with a lion face and richly embroidered gold and pink fabric behind them. The woman on the left wears a cream and gold saree with a pink blouse and holds a silver trident, her neck garlanded with white flowers and orange blossoms. The woman in the centre wears a green saree and holds a rudraksha mala and a pink lotus, with white and red flower garlands. Two women on the right wear orange and pink sarees, holding pink lotuses and a ceremonial staff, with white flower garlands. The setting suggests a Navaratri festival ritual at Adi Kailaasa.2017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesA photograph of women seated in front of a red curtain and an ornate gold-framed throne back carved with a lion motif. Five women are visible: four seated in front and one standing behind them, plus a partially visible woman in a yellow floral and pink-checked sari at the left edge. The seated women wear cream and gold-bordered kerala-style saris with orange-red shawls, long tulsi or rudraksha-style beaded malas and gold ornaments, and several have tilak or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. No person on the throne is visible, and the scene shows no a person candidate.2017-08-15Three women sit cross-legged in a row before a homa fire pit with yellow-and-white decorated altar bricks and small flames, performing a ritual. Each wears a red-maroon sari with gold borders and a white flower garland with orange marigolds. The woman on the left has her hands folded in her lap, the centre woman holds her hands together near her chest with bangles, and the woman on the right has her hands in her lap beside a brass bowl with a ladle. Behind them stands a colourful deity murti altar with lion figures, painted pillars and purple garlands. A brass oil lamp sits at the left edge. The image is a photograph of a homa ritual.2015-10-21 +1 copiesAugust 09 20152015-08-09July 06 20142014-07-06October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesTwo women sit on ornate gold thrones with carved lion-motif backs against deep red velvet drapery on a stage. A golden trident stands behind them, and a small gold elephant figure sits in front of the left throne. The woman on the left wears a green and magenta silk sari, a red blouse, a sandalwood bindi, a rudraksha mala and a layered white-and-gold bead necklace, and she smiles while looking to the side. The woman on the right wears a cream sari with a teal blouse and border, a dark red rudraksha mala, a white bead necklace and a gold pendant, with folded hands and a tilak on her forehead. Partially visible at the far left edge is another figure in cream clothing.2016-12-17September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesThree young women sit cross-legged on an orange cloth in a temple hall, each holding a pink lotus flower in both hands at chest level. The woman on the left wears an orange silk sari with a red border, a white jasmine garland and a gold-toned bangle set; the woman in the centre wears a deep red sari with green border, a white flower garland and a gold necklace with a forehead tilak; the woman on the right wears an orange sari with a white garland and palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them a gold-toned deity murti and a gold kalasha-style ornament stand near petals on the floor, and an older woman in a white sari with yellow border stands in the background.2011-12-31