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KAILASA SINGAPORE on 4/27/2021

A seated group of devotees gathers on striped rugs in a small room for a Varalakshmi Vratham puja. Several women wear saris in pink, red, orange and blue, and a woman in a white and gold border sari sits at the left near a shrine. A bare-chested priest with a white cloth and garlands sits at the left, tending the puja. Brass pooja plates, lit oil lamps, flowers, a kalasha-like vessel and fruit lie on the floor. Shrine images and framed pictures line the walls behind the group.

A group of about sixteen people sits and kneels on a striped woven mat in a yellow-walled temple room, posing in front of altar figures. Behind them stand tall decorated deity murtis with crowns and garlands, and a garland of red and green flowers hangs across the top of the wall. In front, a puja tray holds fruit, sweets, brass plates and bowls, with a small lamp and a framed picture. A man in a bright orange robe with a dark turban stands in the back row beside a child in dark clothes holding a plate. Women wear orange, pink and green saris and salwar outfits, and a young woman in a green top holds a toddler on the right while a younger child sits nearby. Men in white shirts and grey shirts kneel at the front left.

A group of devotees sit cross-legged on colourful striped woven mats during a Varalakshmi Vratham puja in a room with yellow walls. A standing man in a maroon-and-pink checked shirt and white dhoti stands at the top, palms pressed together. Seated devotees include women in white, blue, lavender and green saris and tops, many with eyes closed and hands folded. Before them are brass and silver plates heaped with marigold garlands, red and pink flowers, fruit, sweets and lit oil lamps. A deity murti with a crown and garlands sits on an orange-draped altar, and a wall-mounted TV and a laptop screen show a live online feed of other participants.

KAILASA SINGAPORE on 5/18/2021

A photograph of a home puja in a room with mustard-yellow walls. A woman in a pink and gold sari kneels on a red floral rug, tending a tray with an oil lamp and a brass plate of fruit near a row of small food bowls. Five people sit behind her with palms pressed in anjali: a woman in a cream sari, a young man in white, a young man in a cream kurta, a woman in a cream sari, and a woman in a white top with a mala. Several wear face masks. Behind them is a shrine with decorated deity murti, garlands and a plaited peetha. A television on the right shows a discourse with a portrait of a seated figure in orange and garlands, and a robed figure with a crown appears on the right side of the shrine area. a person presence is unclear from appearance alone.

A photograph of a puja in a temple room with yellow and pink walls and three large deity murtis draped in garlands on an altar at the back. A man on the left wears an orange kurta and rudraksha mala and sits on a blue mat with his hands folded. A woman in a yellow sari kneels in the centre arranging offerings on a striped rug, beside plates of fruit, sweets and brass lamps. Seated women in purple, teal and yellow saris and a man in white kurta sit on mats around the offerings, while a child in a blue dress sits near the front. Silver thalis, a brass kalasha and flowers are laid out on the floor.

Photo of a seated group performing a Mahalakshmi puja in a room with cream walls and framed posters. Around ten devotees sit cross-legged on mats and striped rugs, many with eyes closed in meditation. A woman in a red saree with white flowers in her hair and a yellow-green border sits in the foreground beside brass thalis holding rose petals, fruit and oil lamps. Women in white, blue and purple saris and a man in cream clothes with a shawl sit nearby. On the left, a deity murti in orange and green garlands sits on a draped altar, with a framed picture and a brass lamp stand. A television on the right shows a grid of online participants, and a patterned throne-like seat sits beside it. Oil lamps glow on the front-left tray.

KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/9/2021

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KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/22/2021

Indoor puja in a yellow-walled room in KAILASA Singapore. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged before a deity murti draped in a red, green and gold cloth, with offerings of fruit, a coconut, brass plates and lamps spread on striped mats. Around him, about six seated devotees wearing face masks join in, including a man in a red shirt with palms pressed together and a man in a grey shirt and striped headband. A standing woman in a pink top stands near the back. Framed portraits hang on the wall, and a television on the left shows several video participants. Brass lamps and a kalasha sit on a red mat at right.

A multi-panel collage of a Varalakshmi Vratham puja at a KAILASA centre. Devotees sit on striped woven rugs in white saris and white kurta-style clothes, with rudraksha malas and flowers in their hair, performing rituals beside brass plates of rose petals, lit oil lamps, fruit, sweets and marigold and red flower garlands. A woman in a white sari with a flower-decorated bun pours from a vessel near a decorated deity murti with garlands. A man in a black top sits with hands joined among the participants. The panels show the ritual in progress, though some people are visible only in part.