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KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 7/22/20212021-07-22A shaved-headed priest stands bare-chested in a white dhoti with a yellow border, holding a lit brass oil lamp in his right hand and a brass handbell in his left during a temple puja. He wears a patterned face mask, glasses, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, a red bindi, a dense multi-strand rudraksha mala, and a large silver pendant with a small framed portrait. Behind him, golden deity murtis and gold ornaments stand in the shrine, with masked devotees seated on the floor at the lower left and right. The scene shows a group worship ritual.2020-07-04Men in white dhotis with gold borders and bare chests stand with palms pressed together in namaskar inside a temple hall, many wearing face masks. Several robed devotees in white stand near the front, and a man in white shirt and trousers stands with hands folded at the back. Behind them are decorated deity murtis draped with garlands of orange and white flowers, with brass lamps and a kalasha-like brass vessel. On the red floor rug at the front is a small tray with a brass lamp, incense and offerings, and a laptop sits on a small table at left. Scene suggests a guru purnima puja.2020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/26/20192019-10-26KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 6/30/20202020-06-30KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04Photo 82891552022-09-30 +3 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 1/2/20222022-01-02KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 7/22/20212021-07-22A seated priest in white dhoti with bare chest, wearing a long rudraksha mala and forehead tilak, performs a puja with a brass bell and small ritual implement beside a silver lamp with a lit flame and flower offerings. A large brass thali with offerings and a small brass lamp sit on a low wooden stand on a patterned rug. Several women in colourful saris, including purple and green, sit behind him on the floor, some holding small brass vessels, in a hall with a gray floor and yellow line marking.2019-10-26A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and white face mask stands in a hall holding a gilded kalasha-style pot wrapped in pink and white flower garlands. Beside him, a life-size cutout of a smiling figure in a red-orange turban, orange robe and pink flower garland sits on a throne-like seat with an open book, a rudraksha-style mala and a small framed photo of a woman tucked into the book. Behind them a table with brass bowls, oil lamps and offerings is draped in maroon cloth, and a gilded deity murti in an arched frame stands against red curtains, with another seated figure in the background. This appears to be a puja in a temple hall.2021-03-11