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A photograph of a festive diorama of painted clay figurines on orange and teal silk cloth. At centre stands a dark grey deity murti of a standing Vishnu-form figure with tall crown, layered garlands and jewelled ornaments, flanked by pillars. Around it, painted figures in white dhotis with saffron and green waist cloths and tilak markings play drums and a harmonium, while a bare-chested figure in orange robes stands among them. Two figures lie prostrate in the foreground, one in white and one in green, as in a devotional offering. The scene resembles a temple procession or bhajan arrangement.

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A photograph of a Navaratri golu display of painted clay dolls arranged on a white cloth and a gold-and-maroon brocade runner. In the centre, a bright-orange-and-gold deity figure with a tall crown and a garland of pink flowers holds a conch and a mace-like staff, flanked by a green-faced figure in a red garment with a crown and a pink garland. Other dolls include a seated musician playing a veena at left, a seated figure in blue playing a stringed instrument at right, a standing male figure in a white dhoti, and small children figures. Ornate painted figures and a peacock appear in the background. Printed text is visible in the lower right corner.2016-10-08A photograph of a golu display of painted clay dolls arranged on a white cloth and an orange-gold silk cloth. Central figures include a deity with a gold crown and garland, a green-faced figure in a red garland, and a seated figure playing a veena in a blue sari. Smaller dolls of children and attendants stand and sit around, with a purple-draped figure at right. No physical people are visible; the figures are all dolls.2016-10-08September 09 20112011-09-09October 08 20162016-10-08October 08 20162016-10-08October 01 20082008-10-01A photograph of a Golu display, a tiered arrangement of small clay and painted figurines set on a white draped cloth and lit by a string of warm yellow fairy lights along the shelf edges. A row of about fifteen small figurines in red, white and green dress stands and kneels with hands folded in namaskar, arranged like devotees facing a central deity. Additional figurines sit on the shelves above and below, and a painted Kathakali-style figure with a tall headdress appears at the lower right. No living people are visible; the display figures are statues.2008-10-01A photograph of a Navaratri golu display of colourful clay dolls on a gold and red cloth. Central figures in gold crowns and garlands include a seated male deity with a raised hand and a green-faced female figure in red and gold. Seated musicians hold a veena and a tanpura, and small figures in blue and orange saris and dhotis sit on the tiers. Other dolls and a red kalasha-like pot fill the foreground. No live people are visible, and no a person candidate is present.2016-10-08A display of painted clay figurines arranged on a bed of soil among green foliage, depicting a scene of devotees and deities. Two horse-mounted figures in the foreground, one in blue with a red crown and one in pink, sit on white horses with coloured bases. Behind them, many small figures in saffron, red, green, yellow and purple dhotis and saris stand in groups, some holding flutes, some with tilak marks, some wearing garlands. A golden figure stands at the upper right and a painted elephant appears beside it. The figurines are clearly statues, not living people.2009-09-22 +1 copiesA festive display of painted clay dolls, as in a Navaratri golu arrangement, on tiered steps draped in teal and orange silk. In the foreground a row of small figures plays instruments: a pink-clad musician with a nadaswaram-type pipe, a drummer with a drum, and a bare-chested boy with a small pipe. A golden palanquin or ratha with tassels of pink, green and purple stands at left, beside white horse figures. Other dolls include a seated woman in blue, a standing figure in a red sari, and a gold deity figurine at right. Statues only; no living people are visible.2011-10-02October 01 20082008-10-01October 08 20162016-10-08