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November 09 2009

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A temple shrine room during a Maha Lakshmi puja, with a large golden deity murti of Lakshmi seated at centre on a white and gold pedestal, garlanded with white flowers and a red garland, flanked by gold arches and other golden deity figures on the left and right. A framed portrait hangs high on the upper left wall. In front of the central deity, a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on an orange cloth with a white-garbed person beside him, and a tiger-striped orange shawl covers a seated devotee at right in orange robes with a microphone on a stand. A woman in a blue-green sari sits at left near a brass lamp, and a fruit offering of bananas, apples and sweets sits on a tray in front. Gold bells hang on the right wall.2009-11-09November 09 20092009-11-09November 09 20092009-11-09May 05 20172017-05-05October 23 20082008-10-23November 09 20092009-11-09November 09 20092009-11-09May 07 20172017-05-07November 09 20092009-11-09KAILASA in SanJose on 4/22/20192019-04-22 +1 copiesA temple puja in progress before a gilded shrine with an orange cloth backdrop. A deity murti dressed in orange silk and draped with red and pink flower garlands and layered gold ornaments sits at the centre, with a brass kalasha of fruit and a metal bowl of flowers before it. Two men in white dhotis sit on a red cloth. The man on the left faces away, bare-backed, with a white dhoti edged in gold, and holds a phone. The man in the centre wears a white dhoti and a sacred thread, has eyeglasses, and reads from a paper at a microphone stand. Trays of fruit, sweets, nuts, rose petals and offerings surround them, and a brass oil lamp stands at the right beside a dark wooden throne.2020-07-04Interior of a temple hall with a golden arched shrine framing a deity murti decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands, backed by a painted forest-stream backdrop. Two deity figures on the central altar are draped in purple and white. To the right, a row of murtis in orange and red garments with flower garlands stands on a green-draped platform. On the left, a seated man in orange robes with a shaved head sits cross-legged, holding a small object, beside another man in white dhoti with folded hands performing puja. A third man in white on the right also stands with hands folded in namaskar before an offering plate. Brass oil lamps flank the altar, and seated devotees in the foreground, including a woman in a red sari, watch the ritual. Hanging decorative banners in red, green and gold frame the shrine.2009-10-13