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KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 12/27/2021

A long table in a temple hall is laden with donated food for annadan. Rows of rice bags including Royal Sona Masoori and Royal Brown Basmati, Mahatma rice, packaged lentils and grains, canned goods, bananas, oranges, pineapple and red apples cover the table. A brass platter of fruit and sweets sits at the centre near yellow flowers. Behind, a wall-mounted television shows a deity murti on screen, and at left, three decorated deity murtis in pink and gold garments stand on a draped altar with brass lamps. No people are visible.

Photograph of an indoor temple shrine with a large multi-armed goddess murti in blue and gold garments, adorned with red and orange garlands, standing on a blue-draped dais beneath an ornate gold-framed arch and a white curtain with gold tree motif. In front, a long row of gold trays holds offerings of grains, pulses, spices, sweets, packets, oil bottles and small jars, laid along a magenta silk cloth with a blue border. A gold kalasha sits on the dais before the murti. No people are visible.

2022-07-01 +1 copies

2022-07-01 +1 copies

A food drive donation display in a room with red walls and wooden floor. In front of a large framed image of a smiling figure in saffron robes, a maroon turban, a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, seated on a red velvet cushioned seat flanked by two gold carved pillars, sits a pile of groceries including bags of India Gate basmati rice, Deveen brown basmati rice, Golden Temple tea, Lipton tea, boxes of cereal, pasta, soup cans and a bottle of vegetable oil. Bookshelves and a book with the same figure stand at left. No people are visible in the scene.

A photograph of a temple shrine in a yellow-walled hall. A deity murti in a pink and gold sari-style garment with a tall ornate gold arch behind it stands on a green cloth altar, garlanded with red flowers, flanked by brass oil lamps (lamps). On the right, an empty seat draped in orange cloth with a green border holds a second decorated figure in a dark crown with a garland. In the foreground, a purple cloth is laid on the floor with silver plates holding packaged grains, pulses, spices, oils, jars and canned goods, an offering of food. No people are visible.

2022-07-01 +1 copies

KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 1/14/2021

KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 1/14/2021

A woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari and a pink face mask sits with palms pressed together in namaste before a large dark murti in a gilded arched shrine. The murti wears a red headdress, a garland of white flowers, a beaded necklace and an orange and gold robe, seated on a patterned teal cushion. Beside it stands a smaller orange-robed figure on a small platform. Rows of produce and supplies on steel carts surround the shrine: organic romaine hearts, bananas, bottled water, rice bags and snack packets, with a small mala draped around the woman's neck. Gold drapes frame the scene.

A man seated cross-legged on a carpeted floor with his palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed, in front of rows of packaged groceries. He wears a yellow striped kurta over white pants, a dark face mask, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala. Before him on a mat sits a brass puja thali with pink flowers, oranges, a small brass oil lamp and bowls. Behind him stand large bags of rice and dal, bundles of produce and grain packets, arranged as an annadan food offering at KAILASA San Jose. a person's appearance is not clearly established from this view, so the seated devotee is described by role.