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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/13/2020

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Outdoor ritual at a temple grounds under a multicolored canopy with fringed edges and emblem motifs. A seated man in a red and gold turban, red garland of flowers and beaded necklaces, and a shimmering multicolored silk wrap sits on a cushioned throne-like chair. A priest in saffron-orange robes with white body markings, a long swept-back bun and a face mask stands at left, holding a ladle over a small fire pit with flames, beside a brass bowl on a mat. a person cues: the seated figure wears a turban, garland and ornate silk, but appearance is only partly distinctive.2020-12-13KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/23/20212021-01-23KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/4/20202020-12-04KAILASA CHENNAI, INDIA on 3/27/20212021-03-27Outdoor homa at a parking-lot setting in KAILASA Los Angeles. A shirtless, grey-haired priest in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala sits on a carpet, pouring an offering from a wooden ladle into a fire pit with burning wood and petals. Beside him a young sadhaka in orange robes, black turban and white face mask sits with a rudraksha mala and holds a brass plate of petals. Behind them, a woman in red sari with a red and white floral garland, red turban with flowers, sits on a cushioned chair draped in a multicoloured silk cloth, hands raised in a blessing mudra. Brass plates, darbha grass and rose petals lie on the wooden platform. Three people are visible.2021-01-24KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/18/20202020-12-18KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/6/20212021-01-06A photograph of an outdoor puja. A man with long matted hair and a full beard, wearing orange robes and white horizontal forehead marks, sits cross-legged on a mat with palms pressed together in anjali. In front of him is a painted statue of a seated figure in orange robes holding a trident, wearing a turban-style crown and a rudraksha mala, with a white flower garland. Before the statue stands a leopard-print cloth draped over a platform, covered with pink flowers. Brass lamps, a lit oil lamp, brass bowls, and a plate of pink flowers sit on the red-and-white striped step. Green trees stand in the background.2021-04-08A photo of a homa fire ritual inside a decorated room. In the foreground, a partially visible person in orange-red robes wears a dark beaded rudraksha bracelet and holds a ritual item near a square wooden fire pit lined with yellow and green patterned tiles. The pit holds burning embers and logs, with brass bowls, small dishes of colored powders, and a brass cup on the wooden platform. Behind the pit, a statue or figure is seated on a cushioned chair draped in multicolored fabric, wearing a garland of red and white flowers and a red headpiece. A colorful painted pillar and purple draped cloth frame the background. No clearly identifiable person is shown in the scene.2020-12-26June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene under a clear blue sky beside a brick-edged fire pit with a small open flame burning on wood. A seated priest in orange-red cloth, wearing long rudraksha mala strands and rudraksha bracelets, has white horizontal markings on his bare upper arm and chest; he wears a white face mask and feeds the fire with a stick. Facing the fire, a figure seated on a gold-and-maroon draped throne-like chair wears a red turban with white flowers, a red garment, and white and red floral garlands; the figure raises one hand in blessing. Trees and a paved area are visible behind. Appearance-based candidate for a person is not clearly verifiable from the seated figure's face, so role is given as honoured seated figure receiving the fire ritual, consistent with a homa or yagna.2020-12-30May 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copies