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Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamA group of about nine women in white and cream sarees with gold borders stand posed together on bright green carpet under a red and white ceiling of hanging paper decorations, with red drapes behind them. Several wear red and white beaded malas and gold necklaces. The woman in the centre pointing forward wears a red mala. Behind them a large printed backdrop shows a dark figure with a saffron sky. Red plastic chairs line the right side. A man partly visible behind the group wears a white shirt and orange head-wrap, and his features are too indistinct to assess. A child stands at the far left edge.2024-01-22Group photograph inside a temple hall with tiled floor and block walls. A large dark-skinned deity statue in green and gold silk with jewelled garlands stands at left. Behind the group, a seated golden deity murti in red crown is garlanded, flanked by golden pillars, and rows of orange-clad small statues with garlands line the right wall. In the centre, a priest in orange cloth and white dhoti holds a brass lamp with lit wicks before a framed image. Around him, devotees in white and orange clothes sit and stand with palms pressed together in namaste, several wearing masks. A blue patterned mat and green cushion lie in front. Oil lamps and kumkum-marked devotees complete the puja scene.2022-05-22 +1 copiesJanuary 22 20242024-01-22KAILASA SINGAPORE on 11/24/20202020-11-24KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 2/21/20202020-02-21Devotees sit in rows on red and gold carpets, palms pressed together in anjali, many wearing face masks. A seated man in a white shirt and grey trousers and a bare-chested young man in white dhoti at front lead the prayer, with a woman in cream sari and a girl in cream floral dress nearby. Behind them, a deity murti in red and green garments stands beside a gold Nataraja-style dancing Shiva image framed by a golden arch, with a second seated deity figure in purple beside it. Small figures and offerings stand on a side table at left.2021-07-22April 17 20222022-04-17KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 5/22/20222022-05-22 +1 copiesWomen 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.2019-08-09A group of women sit cross-legged on a red patterned rug performing a Varalakshmi Vratam kumkum archana puja. In the foreground a woman in a turquoise saree with gold border holds a small offering and kumkum, while a woman in a pink and red saree with a rudraksha mala keeps her eyes closed and hands together. Behind them, women in saris of purple, pink, white and orange sit with palms pressed in prayer. Brass oil lamps, bowls, bananas and a yellow fruit on a leaf sit on low wooden stands in front. A man in a white dhoti sits in the background near a red-draped bench. Several people wear tilak and red bindis.2019-08-09A six-panel collage of a temple puja in a yellow-walled shrine room, with three deity figures dressed in garlands and red and gold garments on a decorated altar. In the top-left and middle panels, several people in white dhotis and saris sit on striped mats around brass plates of flowers and lamps. In the top-right and middle-right panels, women in cream saris with gold borders sit on mats performing puja with flowers and brass vessels. In the bottom-left panel, a bare-chested priest with a topknot, a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas and a white dhoti sits in meditative posture before a tray of marigolds, lamps and a conch-like brass vessel. In the bottom-right panel, three smiling women sit on a red carpet in white and cream saris with rudraksha necklaces beside brass plates of offerings, a teal-clad woman in front. Pictured activity is shown in the panels; the physical people are seated devotees and a priest, with no crowd beyond them.