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October 05 2011

October 26 2011

2011-10-26 +1 copies

Indoor puja in a home shrine with pink and yellow walls and hanging marigold garlands. A woman in a green and gold sari and pearl necklace sits at left reading from a printed sheet. A young man in a grey t-shirt and white dhoti sits at center-right, using his hand to pour or offer over a brass pancha-loha style puja vessel placed before a red-draped deity murti decorated with flower garlands. Behind them, several deity murtis with crowns and garlands stand on a pink backdrop. A woman in a white saree with a red bindi smiles at right. Brass plates hold bananas, flowers and a brass lamp, and a brass kalasha-style vessel sits in the foreground. Framed pictures hang on the upper wall.

KAILASA SINGAPORE on 5/22/2021

October 02 2011

Indoor photo inside a gold-toned temple hall at Sripuram, with a gold lattice screen and gilded pillars behind. A standing priest in orange cloth performs a puja before a seated goddess murti draped in a red-and-gold cloth and garlanded with white flowers. Four devotees sit on the floor on woven mats around brass and silver plates of flowers, fruit, oil lamps and offerings: a woman in a white sari with green blouse, a woman in maroon and gold, a woman in white with yellow blouse, and a young boy in a gold-patterned shirt. A woman sits on the left with a mobile phone on the floor nearby. Brass lamps and a potted plant complete the scene.

September 22 2009

2009-09-22 +1 copies

A photograph of a domestic-style room during a wedding puja for a Venkateshwara Kalyanam. In the foreground a row of devotees sits around a low table laden with fruit, flowers and brass trays. Ceremonial flowers and marigold garlands are arranged behind a decorated deity murti at the right. A man in orange robes at the left sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him, a man in a white kurta with a dark shawl sits with palms joined. A woman in a pink sari and a man in a light-coloured kurta are visible at the right, with a girl with braided hair at the lower left. Potted plants and a wooden cabinet fill the background. Five people are visible.

A indoor ritual scene during a Venkateshwara Kalyanam puja at a room with patterned wall hangings and potted plants. At the centre, a deity murti in orange and gold is decorated with white flowers, orchids and garlands, flanked by lit oil lamps, bananas and a basket of fruit on a blue cloth. Seated on the left, a man in white dhoti with a green sash and several women in pink, lavender and orange saris join palms in prayer. On the right, a bald man in white clothes and women in red and pink saris sit with hands folded, facing the altar.

A photograph of a puja inside a yellow-walled room with deity murtis behind a red-and-green cloth backdrop, wrapped in marigold garlands. Seated on red and maroon mats, a woman in a teal-blue sari with gold bangles sits beside a girl in a green and blue dress with a red-tasselled hair tie. At right, a shirtless man in white dhoti with a mala sits in front of a smiling woman in a gold-patterned kurta. The central altar holds a decorated murti with oil lamps, a kalasha, a brass bell, plates of bananas and fruit, and a small brass lamp in front of it.

Indoor temple puja in a yellow-walled shrine room with deity murtis adorned with garlands and jewelry on a raised altar. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala kneels at left with palms joined, while a shirtless man in cream trousers kneels behind him with hands folded. A woman in a pink sari and blue face mask kneels center with hands folded before a brass lamp and a decorated murti on a tray. A masked man in white shirt and white trousers kneels at right with palms pressed together. Brass plates of fruit, flowers, a kalasha-style vessel and oil lamps lie on a red mat. Four people participate in the puja.