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KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 1/13/20222022-01-13KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 1/13/20222022-01-13A photograph inside a temple shrine room. A devotee in a white dhoti and cream shawl with a gold border stands with back to the camera, raising a lit oil lamp toward a black stone deity murti. On the left, a seated black-stone Goddess murti in a pink and teal silk sari with gold border, wearing a tall crown, pearl necklaces and garlands, sits on a black pedestal. On the right, a standing black-stone Vishnu-form murti wears a tall crown with a tilak, a blue and gold dhoti, garlands and gold ornaments. Brass lamps, a kalasha and red flower garlands surround the shrine, and a painted temple gateway backdrop completes the scene. This shows a vilakku puja.2026-01-24KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 3/1/20222022-03-01A priest with a bare upper body and white dhoti stands at left, raising a small brass lamp toward a shrine. Behind him a black stone deity pair, a Shiva and consort, is dressed in yellow and orange silks and white flower garlands, with gold crowns. In front, a black lingam is draped with a large gold and beaded necklace and marigold garlands. Brass lamps, a gold vessel and a kalasha sit on the stone platform, with a maroon curtain and a decorated pillar behind. This is a temple puja scene, a worship offering of arati before the deities.2022-07-16 +1 copiesA temple shrine with a priest seen from behind, bare-backed, wearing a white dhoti and holding a small oil lamp aloft in his right hand toward the deities. Before him stands a dark stone shrine with a large black deity murti of a figure with a crown and trident, flanked by a female figure in a red and blue sari, both draped in garlands of flowers and gold. In front, a large dark Shivalinga is adorned with a green and gold cloth, a heavy necklace of beads and marigold garlands, and brass lamps and vessels sit on a stone platform. A yellow and red patterned banner hangs in the background beside dark red curtains, and a black stone deity with an orange cloth sits to the left. Aarti is being offered during a shrine ritual.2021-06-27Photo 82870842022-08-05 +1 copiesPhotograph of a temple shrine at Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple, San Jose. A priest with a shaved head, rimless glasses and a white upper cloth stands at left, holding a brass lamp with a flame in one hand. In front of him is a Shiva lingam decorated with flowers, a rudraksha mala and a jewelled silver face, flanked by brass vessels and pink petals. Behind it stands a black stone deity murti pair in an ornate headdress and gold jewellery, with an orange cloth backdrop and decorative embroidered pillars. A small doll-like figure in a pink and gold sari stands at right. The scene matches Karthikai Deepam ritual lamp-lighting, though no a person is visible.2020-11-29KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/23/20222022-07-23 +3 copiesA temple priest, seen from behind and bare-chested with a white dhoti and a white face mask, raises a lit oil lamp toward a dark stone deity murti of Shiva and Parvati adorned with floral garlands, gold ornaments and red-and-green skirts. In front, a smaller black Shiva lingam with a silver face, rudraksha and red flower garlands sits on a purple cloth, flanked by brass vessels and a kalasha-style brass stand. Red and yellow patterned banners frame the shrine. This is a puja with aarti at the shrine.2022-05-01 +1 copiesPhoto 82915192022-09-28 +1 copiesPhoto 82876332022-07-30 +1 copies