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OTHER - MY KAILASA IS NOT IN THIS LIST on 12/4/2021

A group of eight people sits cross-legged on a wooden floor in a brick-walled room, palms pressed together in prayer. Most wear white or cream clothing. A man in front wears a white shirt and white trousers, and a man at right wears white with a pendant necklace. Low wooden tables hold small brass bowls, candles, a red-flowered arrangement, fruit and a singing bowl. A laptop sits on a mat in front of them. A framed painting of a blue-skinned seated deity hangs on the brick wall, and a projector is mounted on the ceiling. Two people sit behind them on blue and red mats.

Five people kneel in a bare wooden-floored room before a shrine set against a large backdrop photo of a red-brown mountain under blue sky. On a red-draped altar stand framed photos, a pink floral arrangement, brass lamps and offering plates. A man at left in a white shirt and white trousers is shaved-headed and kneels with his back to the camera; a man in a blue t-shirt sits cross-legged; a man in a white kurta kneels with hands near the altar; a woman in a pink striped top and white skirt sits with palms joined in namaste; a woman in a white embroidered outfit kneels at right beside a laptop and a metal bowl. A framed painting of a blue-skinned deity hangs on a brick wall. A portrait on the altar shows a bearded figure in an orange turban and cream shawl, but its appearance is not confirmable against a stated identity.

Devotees stand barefoot on a striped rug in a yellow-walled room decorated with marigold garlands and hanging ornaments, performing a puja with palms pressed together. Foreground women wear white kurtas and one wears a light blue tunic over pink pants. Behind them a man with long hair and a leopard-print shawl over saffron-toned clothing and a rudraksha mala presses his hands in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with a red blouse stands near a shrine holding an offering. Brass plates, bowls of fruit and sweets, a kalasha-style vessel and a small deity murti sit on the mat, with framed pictures on the wall behind.

Indoor program on a white floor covering with several women seated on cushions. In the foreground a woman in a navy and cream knitted sweater kneels with palms pressed together in prayer. In the centre a woman in a white sari with a brown leopard-print blouse kneels behind a low table draped in orange and red cloth with printed script, on which sit two orange cushions holding white beaded or crystal-like items and a pale rope-like bundle. A vase of yellow and pink flowers and water bottles sit nearby. Behind them a woman with long grey hair in white clothing and a man in white with beaded necklaces sit on the floor. A large framed portrait on a stand shows a man in orange-gold ornate clothing and a turban-like head covering.

KAILASA SINGAPORE on 1/7/2021

A multi-panel collage of a Varalakshmi Vratham puja at a KAILASA centre. Devotees sit on striped woven rugs in white saris and white kurta-style clothes, with rudraksha malas and flowers in their hair, performing rituals beside brass plates of rose petals, lit oil lamps, fruit, sweets and marigold and red flower garlands. A woman in a white sari with a flower-decorated bun pours from a vessel near a decorated deity murti with garlands. A man in a black top sits with hands joined among the participants. The panels show the ritual in progress, though some people are visible only in part.

A photograph of a home puja in a room with mustard-yellow walls. A woman in a pink and gold sari kneels on a red floral rug, tending a tray with an oil lamp and a brass plate of fruit near a row of small food bowls. Five people sit behind her with palms pressed in anjali: a woman in a cream sari, a young man in white, a young man in a cream kurta, a woman in a cream sari, and a woman in a white top with a mala. Several wear face masks. Behind them is a shrine with decorated deity murti, garlands and a plaited peetha. A television on the right shows a discourse with a portrait of a seated figure in orange and garlands, and a robed figure with a crown appears on the right side of the shrine area. a person presence is unclear from appearance alone.

A photo of a small yellow-walled room where a priest in a white dhoti with bare chest and rudraksha mala sits at a puja setup of fruit, brass plates and a decorated deity murti on a red cloth. Several seated devotees on mats face the arrangement; a woman in a patterned top stands and gestures, and a wall-mounted or desk monitor shows an online video grid of participants. Framed black-and-white portraits hang on the wall, and a man in a red polo joins hands in namaste. Masks and mats are visible.

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Indoor temple puja at KAILASA Los Angeles during Paramashivaratri. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a shaved head, red tilak and a rudraksha mala sits with palms pressed together in namaste beside a woman in white with a grey shawl, also in namaste. Behind them, bare-chested men in white dhotis sit in prayer, one with white markings on the body. An elderly man in white kurta and a woman in a red jacket sit on a low seat at right. A gold kalasha-style vessel with flowers and fruit stands on a tray, with oil lamps and brass plates in front. Behind them, deity murti figures in red and gold saris and a gold throne-like altar complete the scene.

A photo of a group puja in a yellow-walled room with a framed devotional print on the left and three decorated deity murti with flower garlands on a shelf at right. Seated on a striped red, green and white mat around a golden puja vessel, a man with long dark hair and a leopard-print shawl over white dhoti-style clothes sits with palms together while a woman in white sari-style clothing offers items from a brass tray. Several devotees in white, pink and blue clothing sit in rows, some with hands folded. Plates of fruit, flowers, sweets and oil lamps are arranged on the floor, consistent with a naivedyam puja.