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A woman in a white sari with a long side braid and a hair clip stands with her back to the camera, holding a brass handbell in her right hand while facing a shrine. Inside the shrine, a seated deity murti wears a gold crown, a red and gold dress and a beaded necklace, with yellow flowers at its base and small fairy lights strung around the arch. Nearby, a small figure in an orange and red outfit with a red headdress sits at the lower left in front of a painted blue and white backdrop. A side altar draped with a white cloth and blue garland holds framed portraits, small figurines and deity statues. The room is decorated with painted walls and a painted mountain backdrop.

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A young woman with a long black braid, wearing a white dress and a small gold earring, stands at right holding a bunch of grey-white ritual whisk or fan-like offering aloft toward a small shrine. Inside the shrine, a seated female deity figure in red and gold garments with a crown holds a stick-like implement, flanked by flower garlands and yellow flowers on a blue painted backdrop. In front, a seated figure in orange robes and a headcloth, adorned with garlands, sits beside a green and gold figure and a large red cushion or throne draped with white jasmine garlands. A steel kalasha or pot stands at left and a plate of flowers and offerings lies on a red cloth. The wall behind holds additional small statues and framed pictures, with a white cloth backdrop trimmed in blue leaf garland.2009-10-10A photograph of a temple-style shrine room. A large painted mural of a smiling long-haired man with a red bindi fills the back wall. In the centre, a painted pink and blue shrine canopy frames a seated deity murti draped in yellow-orange marigold garlands. Below, on an orange tray, a red-clad figure with a red cap and garland sits beside a blue-and-red doll-like figure, with brass oil lamps, a kalasha vessel and offerings on a plate. To the right, a tiered white stand holds many small figurines and a framed photo. In the lower left, a girl with a long braid wears a white dress and stands with her back to the camera, facing the shrine, while two small heads of onlookers are visible at the bottom edge.2009-10-10A photograph of a navaratri golu-style shrine room with a large grey-toned painted mural on the left showing a smiling long-haired man with a red bindi, wearing a white shawl and a dark rudraksha mala. In the centre, a pink and gold domed shrine houses a goddess murti draped with a gold garland and a crown, in front of a curtain. Below it stands a seated figure in orange and gold with a white garland and a sword-like object. A standing woman in white clothing stands at right beside a tiered white steps display covered with small clay figurines, dolls and brass items. On the table in front are a steel vessel, a brass lamp, and offering plates. A single woman is the only physical person visible.2009-10-10A woman in white clothes with a long side braid performs aarti with a multi-wick oil lamp raised in her right hand before a shrine. Behind her a large grey-toned mural portrait shows a smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a grey shawl, with a rudraksha mala hanging at his chest; this is a painted portrait, not a live person. The shrine has a gold domed roof and pink trim and holds a deity murti of a goddess seated with a veena. In front are two figures, one in orange robes with a garland and one in white with a crown, plus a steel vessel, brass items, fruit, books and small pictures. Shelves on the right hold many small figurines and framed pictures. The scene is a home or hall puja for Navaratri.2009-10-10October 12 20072007-10-12Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a small hall with a teal wall painting of a smiling long-haired figure with a long braid, shown in profile. A woman in a white dress with a white shawl stands at a microphone, one hand raised to her forehead, while about seven seated people in front watch: an older man with white hair, children, and women in colourful saris. In front of the painting is a tiered shrine with a deity murti under a domed canopy, a blue platform with painted figures, and a white shelf of small figurines and lamps. A paper sign reads in Tamil script. Garlands and lamps are visible.2009-10-10October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26January 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesIndoor photo of children seated on the floor before a Navaratri golu display with a multi-tiered white stepped stand holding small colourful dolls and figurines, and a painted shrine with a seated deity murti in red and gold dress beside brass vessels, fruit and flowers. A large grey-toned painted portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi, identified by no printed caption, fills the wall behind the shrine. A girl in a white dress with a plait stands at left with hands folded, while several children sit in front with hands raised in prayer; one wears a yellow shirt, one a blue-and-white checked shirt, and one a white outfit with a pink wrist band. Nearby a small placard with Tamil text is mounted on the wall.2009-10-10October 26 20112011-10-26October 12 20072007-10-12