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February 26 20062006-02-26Interior of a temple hall with carved pale stone pillars and arches. Several statues of deities in colourful dress stand in alcoves, including a dark figure in green robes with a raised hand and a white reclining figure with a red headband at lower right. Two older men in white ritual clothes stand at left near a brass oil lamp and a bouquet of pink flowers. A timestamp in the corner reads 7:48PM.2006-02-26June 12 20102010-06-12A photograph of a seated congregation in a bright hall with cream walls, a wall clock and an exit sign. Rows of devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and salwar kameez in pink, blue, orange and white, sit on the floor facing a front area. In the lower left, two men sit cross-legged near a small altar with oil lamps, brass items and a microphone stand, and a standing figure in white stands at the back left beside a tripod. A gold-stanchion rope barrier and a red-draped table run across the foreground. Several seated women in the front row watch the proceedings attentively.2006-02-26February 22 20062006-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20062006-02-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a Shiva temple ritual interior with a large black Shivalinga on a white octagonal abhishekam platform, flanked by a black Nandi bull statue at right. Behind it stands an ornate white carved shrine with multiple deity murtis in colourful clothing. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a light checked shirt, stand and sit around the lingam performing puja, with brass vessels, kalasha-style pots and fruit offerings on the platform, and green leaves and flowers in the foreground.2006-02-26KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 3/6/20192019-03-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a Hindu puja in a shrine room decorated with garlands and colourful deity murtis on a raised platform. Several devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white and cream clothing, facing the altar. One figure at the front wears a pink top and another wears a saffron-coloured wrap near the altar. Oil lamps, offerings and flower garlands fill the altar area. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2007-08-26A photograph inside a temple shrine with ornate carved pillars and several colourful deity murtis, including a dark figure with a crown and a red-and-green figure, set on a raised platform with flowers and oil lamps. In the right foreground, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a white shawl, standing with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him stands another person in white. On the left, a man in white clothes stands near the shrine. A red velvet rope on brass posts and a blue donation box with a red sign sit in the foreground.2006-02-22 +1 copiesPhoto 11740988Photograph of a crowded Hindu puja in a hall with dark red and black drapes, gold-framed shrines and a framed portrait on the back wall. A woman in an orange sari stands at the central altar, holding a ritual object over a golden deity murti decorated with garlands. Seated devotees fill the foreground in saris and white shirts, many with long dark hair, while other orange-robed attendants sit near shrines to the right. Garlanded deity murtis and brass oil lamps line the altar. Ceremonial lamps and offering trays sit on a white-draped table at left.2009-11-09