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KAILASA OKLAHOMA, USA on 11/13/2020

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Indoor photo of a Lakshmi puja set up on white cloth spread over a green patterned carpet in a yellow-walled room with a red curtain. Five women sit on the floor: a woman in a white sari with red border at right rings a handbell and holds a small lamp beside a decorated deity murti on a pink and red cloth, while four women in colourful salwar kameez and face masks sit with palms joined in namaste or holding brass plates of red flower petals, a brass thali, and small oil lamps. At right a long red-covered table is laden with rows of small bowls of food, sweets and fruit.2020-11-13A woman in a white sari with a red and orange embroidered blouse sits cross-legged on the floor at left, hands raised in a mudra, wearing a blue face mask and a bangle. In front of her a long white-covered table holds dozens of small bowls of food, including sweets, rice dishes, flatbreads, bananas, mangoes and fruit, arranged for a puja offering. At the centre of the table stands a pink-draped kalasha or murti with a red hibiscus, and beside it a small figure with a red flower. Behind them two dark deity murtis sit on a raised platform before red drapes: a seated elephant-headed Ganesha with a green and blue turban and orange dhoti, and a golden-adorned goddess in a pink and green sari with a veil. Brass lamps and a tray of puja items lie on the floor in the foreground.2020-11-13KAILASA OKLAHOMA, USA on 11/13/20202020-11-13KAILASA OKLAHOMA, USA on 11/13/20202020-11-13A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a face mask sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, performing puja before a deity murti of Devi Mahalakshmi decorated with a red flower garland. He holds a small brass vessel and a bell-like object near offerings on silver and steel trays, including fruit, sweets, rice and turmeric-coloured grains. A teal draped backdrop, marigold-style flowers and folded red, yellow and green silk cloths fill the scene, with rose petals in a silver bowl.2020-10-22January 22 20242024-01-22Women sit on white cloths on a green-and-yellow patterned carpet in a temple hall during a Lakshmi puja. Five women are visible: a woman in a red and green outfit at far left, a woman in beige and pink in front-left, a woman in a pink salwar with a yellow mask, a woman in a green and red sari, and a woman in teal with a white shawl. Most wear face masks. In the foreground, a woman in a cream sari with a magenta border bends over a tray. A pink-draped deity murti sits on a low wooden altar at left, surrounded by brass plates of fruit, sweets, bananas and bowls of offerings. A flat-screen TV on the back wall shows a colourful image, and a tiered brass stand and lamps stand against the yellow wall.2020-11-13January 22 20242024-01-22KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 10/25/20202020-10-25Four women in face masks stand in a carpeted hall performing a Lakshmi puja for Diwali. The woman in the foreground wears a red kurta with green trim and holds a metal plate of lit diya lamps toward a white cloth on the floor, where brass and steel bowls, kumkum, and small offerings are arranged. Behind her, a woman in a teal salwar kameez with a white shawl holds her hands together in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with a red border rings a handbell. To the right, a long red-draped table holds rows of fruit, sweets, and food in small bowls beside a decorated deity murti on a brass stand. Maroon curtains and yellow walls frame the room.2020-11-13A seated priest bare-chested with a white dhoti bordered in gold performs a puja at a temple altar. He wears a face mask and holds a lit multi-wick brass aarti lamp toward a platter of offerings. Three small yellow and pink decorated kalasha-style figures with flower garlands sit on a red-draped altar, with gold-framed shrine niches and deity murtis behind. Brass plates hold bananas, apples, mangoes, a pineapple, dates and rice, and marigold petals and leaves are laid on a low wooden stand. Gold lamps and a bell are nearby.2020-06-30KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 11/26/20212021-11-26