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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/26/20192019-10-26May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 8/8/20212021-08-08November 18 20112011-11-18KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 2/21/20202020-02-21Inside a temple shrine, a standing priest with long dark hair in a bun, a beard, a red-brown rudraksha mala and a bare chest, wearing a white dhoti with gold borders, raises a lit oil lamp or aarti flame toward a small golden-and-purple deity murti decorated with flowers. Behind him, marigold and orange garlands drape the shrine's backdrop. A second man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged on the floor at left, tending brass items on a tray. Ritual puja setting.2019-02-17May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesFour-panel collage of temple and ashram ritual scenes. Top-left: a long hall with rows of seated devotees in white and green clothes, several women in saris with flower garlands, and a banner on the wall. Top-right: a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl performs worship before an adorned deity murti decorated with flower garlands, with a tall temple gopuram and banana-plant decorations. Bottom-left: a priest in saffron-orange robes holds a lit lamp near a fire, with trays of flowers and fruit before a seated figure in white. Bottom-right: a shaved-headed priest in white with a rudraksha mala raises a flame as an assistant in saffron sits beside him; trays of marigold petals, coconuts and brass vessels lie on the floor. Collage of ritual scenes; no individual is clearly identifiable as a specific person.2011-11-29 +2 copiesIndoor 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.2019-03-04October 15 20102010-10-15Annadhan during Nasik Kumbhamela 20152015-01-21 +1 copiesIndoor temple ceremony with a row of men seated on the floor, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with gold-bordered yellow cloth, rudraksha malas around their necks, and white and horizontal sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their bodies. Several hold small cups or vessels and prepare offerings on brass trays with fruit, flowers and sweets; brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels sit on a low wooden platform over a patterned red carpet. Behind them, devotees in white and colourful saris and dhotis sit or stand, and a gold and yellow decorated shrine appears in the background. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam ritual gathering.2019-07-15