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July 17 20122012-07-17A priest with a bare back, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and a face mask, holds a lit lamp or flame toward a large black stone statue of Vishnu standing in a gold arched frame. The four-armed deity wears a tall crown, a yellow dhoti, and holds a discus and conch. Red curtains and striped ceremonial hangings frame the murti, a metal ladder stands to the right, and a small gold deity figure sits at the lower right. The scene suggests a temple puja or aarti at a deity murti.2022-01-29A temple interior photo with gold-carved arched shrine niche framing a black-faced deity murti dressed in an orange and white silk garment with jeweled necklaces, flower garlands and a long braid; the murti holds a lotus-like object and a trident-like staff. A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a golden-bordered edge, wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, stands at left extending a brass plate with a small brass vessel toward the murti. Below the shrine stands a table draped with a striped and gold-patterned cloth holding brass bowls of rice, yellow powder, a brass plate with a ladle, and a metal bowl. A red exit sign is on the wall above, and another deity figure in a green and red saree appears partially at right.KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 1/14/20212021-01-14KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/3/20222022-04-03A priest with bare chest and white dhoti bordered in gold stands at left, facing a black stone deity murti of Meenakshi in a gilded arched niche with red backdrop. The murti wears an orange and gold sari, layered silver necklaces, and a braid, with pink and orange flower garlands. The priest raises a small brass vessel toward the figure during abhishekam and puja. Brass plates, a kalasha-style vessel, a covered container, and flower offerings sit on a dark stone platform draped with a patterned cloth. A red exit sign is visible on the wall above.A photograph of a Hindu temple shrine during a puja for a deity murti in an ornate gilded arch backed by a blue drape with a green cloth. The standing murti is adorned with a crown, a layered jewelled necklace, long garlands and a sari-like orange and turquoise garment. Two priests stand at the shrine: a bare-chested priest on the left in an orange upper cloth and white dhoti raises a lit oil lamp toward the deity, and a second priest on the right in a white dhoti holds a small bell and stands beside the murti. Brass lamps, a brass vessel, white flower arrangements and pink and yellow flowers decorate the altar in front of the deity.2024-03-10A man with long dark hair and an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap pours liquid from a large ornate golden vessel over a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a red and white garland of marigolds, a red cloth draped behind, jewelled ornaments and a tall ornate crown. Gold-framed arches and a white tent canopy surround the scene.2006-03-01July 17 20122012-07-17October 01 20062006-10-01KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04Photo 82834552022-10-16 +1 copies