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KAILASA in SanJose on 9/2/2019

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July 29 2007

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A photograph of a devotional gathering inside a temple room at KAILASA San Jose. Several devotees sit cross-legged on a mat before offering plates of flowers and sweets, with palms pressed together in prayer. In the foreground, a woman in a purple sari and a woman in white with a rudraksha mala sit at the left edge. Seated at centre, a woman in a yellow sari and another in green sit in prayer. At right, a woman in a blue and pink sari and a man in a light blue kurta with a mala press their palms together. Behind them stand deity murtis, a golden arch, and a golden kalasha-like vessel. Children and other devotees sit in the background.

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October 14 2008

Seated devotees in a temple hall with deity murtis and large figures in the background, including colourful statues in red, pink and blue garments and a golden-clothed form at right. In the foreground, a woman in a yellow sari with folded hands sits beside a woman in a green kurta and a woman in a blue sari with pink border, both with palms pressed together. A man in a blue kurta at far right also folds his hands. Trays of offerings. A figure in white near the centre-left sits among the participants, and many people in saris and kurtas remain seated in meditative or prayer posture.

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Photograph of a seated devotional gathering inside a temple hall decorated with gilded deity statues, including a figure playing a flute at upper right. Dense rows of devotees sit with palms pressed together in namaskar, many wearing saris in orange, pink, gold and maroon and white kurtas. A man in a white shirt with an orange shawl stands at a tripod-mounted video camera near the centre back, filming the assembly. Several dozen people are visible, with more partly hidden at the edges and lower foreground.

KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 9/2/2019

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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 seated congregation of many devotees fills a carpeted hall at a Hindu temple, most with palms pressed together in prayer or namaskar. Front row, a woman in a light blue floral salwar kameez with glasses and a man in cream kurta with a rudraksha mala sit with hands folded. A woman in a pink dupatta and a woman in a maroon-and-gold sari with raised palms are nearby. Behind them, rows of attendees sit facing forward, with a shrine area featuring white deity murtis and a colourful painted peacock-form decoration at the back. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the seated devotees.

KAILASA in SanJose on 7/15/2019

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August 31 2012

Women seated on the floor in a temple hall performing a Varalakshmi Vratam puja. Several women in saris sit in a row behind brass-and-wood low tables holding decorated kalasha pots topped with yellow flowers and red cloth, with fruit, bananas and brass lamps. A woman in a white sari with a red border and rudraksha mala, and a woman in a yellow sari with orange shawl, perform hand gestures. A phone on a tripod records the scene. A deity murti draped with yellow flower garlands stands at left and a dark wooden shrine above, indicating kumkum archana puja.