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A bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border sits cross-legged before a shrine, extending his right hand over a clear crystal shivalinga on a wooden tray decorated with carved floral motifs. He wears a long rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders and a sacred ash marking on his chest. Around him are brass bowls, a bowl of white offering, a lit oil lamp, flower petals and a silver spoon on a plate. Behind, a large deity murti adorned with flower garlands, gold ornaments and a crown is seen, along with a smaller figure in orange garments and garlanded standing deities. The scene suggests puja or abhishekam at a temple altar.

A close photograph of a shrine altar draped with red fabric woven with gold floral motifs. A raised ornate brass stand with blue-and-gold enamel trim holds a mound of red, orange and yellow marigold and carnation flowers, with a small golden tiered element at the top. A pair of hands, wearing gold bangles and a red thread on the wrist, holds a steel bowl of yellow food and a steel plate of orange and yellow food nearby. A small brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits in the lower left corner, and flowers lie beside it. The photo is captioned Kailasa Seattle - Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple.

Close view of a gold-coloured ritual object shaped like a stepped pyramid or meru, encrusted with green and red jewel-like stones and draped with a gold garland. Purple flowers are placed at its top. A hand with a tattooed wrist and a gold bangle, wrapped with a red and yellow thread, is touching the flowers. Behind it sits a person in a red and green zari-bordered silk sari, seated on a red and gold patterned cloth. The object rests on a silver tray with blue and yellow borders. A caption at the bottom reads Kailasa Seattle - Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple.

A woman in a white sari with a gold border kneels on a red carpet before a shrine draped in marigold and rose garlands. Before the shrine, on a yellow and green cloth-covered stool, she arranges items on a brass tray with a small lamp, a copper vessel and a conch shell on a silver-edged table. Nearby stand bowls of yellow turmeric powder and blue and white flowers, and a brass oil lamp burns on the tray.

A seated priest in white clothes with a yellow shawl performs a puja before a deity murti draped in red and adorned with yellow marigold and red rose garlands. In front of the murti, a golden kalasha-style pot is decorated with flowers, and a pink silk cloth covered with red and yellow petals holds offerings. The priest holds a plate of yellow flowers and a bowl of petals, with brass lamps and a bronze bowl in the foreground, and rose petals scattered on the stone floor.

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A man seated cross-legged on a blue cloth before a gold puja plate in a temple shrine, bare-chested with white sacred markings on his arms and chest, wearing a white dhoti and a gold necklace, and holding a smartphone while preparing offerings of flowers and kumkum. Behind him stand a deity murti in a purple silk sari and a large Shiva figure with a golden trident, draped in blue cloth, with garlands of white and red flowers. Orange and red roses and marigolds surround the puja plate, and rows of small oil lamps sit on a pink cloth at left. Maroon curtains hang behind the shrine, with a small Vishnu-style murti in white and orange at upper left. The setting suggests a Guru Purnima puja and naivedyam offering.

2022-07-13 +1 copies

A photograph inside a temple shrine where a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth, barefoot and bending forward, waves a lit lamp (aarti) before a black-stone deity figure in a red and gold sari, decorated with white and orange marigold garlands, a silver crown and a silver necklace, seated on an orange cloth-covered platform. Behind the central figure stand two dark deity murti in gold-framed arches with red drapes, with a decorated pillar with yellow and blue patterns at left. Rows of small gold oil lamps, yellow flower petals, and red and yellow flower vases surround the platform, and a brass pot sits on a tray at lower left. A laptop is visible at the bottom left edge.

2022-09-29 +1 copies

January 09 2015

A priest performs abhishekam on a black stone Shivalingam set in a black yoni-peetha base, pouring water from a brass vessel over the lingam. He is shirtless with white sacred markings on his chest and arms, wears a white dhoti with a gold border, an orange turban, and a long rudraksha mala. Behind the lingam, gilded deity murti are adorned with gold necklaces, pearl strands, and red and white flower garlands. A small crystal Shivalingam sits on a wooden tray in the foreground with scattered flower petals, and a steel vessel stands at right beside pink flowers.

A seated priest bare-chested in a white dhoti with a yellow border performs puja before a black stone deity murti of a goddess, adorned with white jasmine and red-orange flower garlands and gold jewellery. He wears spectacles and a sacred thread, holds a flame in one hand and a small metal vessel in the other. A silver plate with sweets and a brass bowl sit in front of him, a red and green cloth lies at left, and an orange and pink silk drape hangs behind the deity on a gold altar with smaller murtis above.