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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/23/20202020-12-23 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple shrine showing a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a white face mask and white markings on his chest and arms, holding a brass tray with small oil lamps and performing worship at a central Shiva lingam draped with a red cloth, a rudraksha garland and a white and yellow flower garland. Behind it stand life-size deity statues: a figure with a crown and trident, a yellow-and-purple clad goddess, and a bearded statue in a rust-red dhoti with a large rudraksha necklace and yellow marigold garland, plus a golden arched backdrop and a standing blue-clad figurine on the right. A brass lamp stand and a brass kalasha-style vessel sit in the foreground. Ritual puja with aarti lamps, deity murti.2020-12-12A priest in an orange cloth, bare-shouldered with white sacred markings on his arm and back, performs aarti with a brass lamp before a shrine. Central deity murti sits on a pedestal wrapped in pink and magenta cloth, with white and yellow flower garlands and gold ornaments, flanked by standing devotional figures with gold crowns and garlands, one wearing a red turban. Red curtains and gilded arch frame the shrine. The priest wears a face mask and a black turban.2021-01-18KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/18/20212021-01-18KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/2/20212021-01-02KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/25/20202020-12-25A photograph of an abhishekam at a temple shrine. A devotee in an orange saffron garment and white face mask stands barefoot, pouring liquid from a golden vessel onto a dark black shivalinga on a blue-draped pedestal. Behind it stand gold-coloured deity murti: a crowned Shiva with a trident and a consort in a pink sari, both garlanded with marigold and multicoloured flower garlands, flanked by a yellow-clad figure on the left and a bearded figure in maroon on the right, all against red curtains and an ornate gold arch. Small golden figures and a golden shrine piece sit at the base. The devotee is a physical person; the deities are statues.2021-01-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/27/20212021-01-27KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/12/20202020-12-12KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/4/20202020-12-04A devotee in an orange saffron dhoti and wrap, with white ash markings on the arms and chest and rudraksha bracelets, stands with palms joined in namaskar before a decorated shrine. Garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigold and red roses adorn a central Shiva lingam draped in a blue cloth, and seated deity murtis behind it wear gold and silver jewellery and rudraksha malas. A standing sage-like murti on the right wears a red turban and beard and holds a hand raised in blessing. Brass oil lamps and a silver-bordered tray with jewellery sit on the floor in front of the altar. The devotee wears a white face mask.2020-12-06KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/30/20212021-01-30