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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.

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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.2020-11-14A 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.2024-11-28A 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.2024-11-28Indoor 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.2021-12-16KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/9/20212021-10-09 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 5/18/20212021-05-18A photo of a devotional puja in a shrine room with orange-yellow walls and a striped woven mat on the floor. Seated women in saris and salwar kameez sit in rows before brass plates heaped with flowers, fruit, lamps and kalasha-like vessels. A standing man with bare chest, white dhoti and rudraksha mala stands near the wall. On the right, decorated deity murtis wear garlands and ornaments, and a small pink-cushioned throne holds an image. Framed portraits hang on the left wall, and a Happy Diwali banner is visible. Around ten people are visible.2024-11-28KAILASA SINGAPORE on 4/27/20212021-04-27A seated group of devotees performs a puja on a patterned mat in an indoor room with cupboards and stacked chairs. In the foreground a woman in a white embroidered-trimmed sari with flowers in her hair sits with eyes closed, and a woman in a white tunic and beige trousers holds her hands together in prayer. Behind them a man in a white dhoti with a red-and-cream shawl over his bare chest, a woman in a magenta top, and several people in white kurtas sit in meditation. Brass plates, bowls of rose petals and marigold petals, oil lamps, incense, betel leaves and small brass vessels are arranged on the mat in front of them.2021-12-28A home shrine room during a puja, with a shirtless priest in white dhoti seated on a red and striped mat before a tray of fruit, brass bowls, and offerings. A woman in a floral kurta and white trousers sits cross-legged facing him, and a second woman in a green patterned top and purple skirt wearing a face mask sits to the right. Brass oil lamps stand on the mat, and a flat-screen TV on a cabinet shows video participants. On the altar at right, a large framed portrait shows a seated figure in red with a garland and hands raised, flanked by a golden throne-like frame, and a small deity murti in a glass case sits on the left altar with framed pictures and a green-clad image beside it.2021-11-04KAILASA SINGAPORE on 1/7/20212021-01-07A six-panel collage of a temple puja in a yellow-walled shrine room, with three deity figures dressed in garlands and red and gold garments on a decorated altar. In the top-left and middle panels, several people in white dhotis and saris sit on striped mats around brass plates of flowers and lamps. In the top-right and middle-right panels, women in cream saris with gold borders sit on mats performing puja with flowers and brass vessels. In the bottom-left panel, a bare-chested priest with a topknot, a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas and a white dhoti sits in meditative posture before a tray of marigolds, lamps and a conch-like brass vessel. In the bottom-right panel, three smiling women sit on a red carpet in white and cream saris with rudraksha necklaces beside brass plates of offerings, a teal-clad woman in front. Pictured activity is shown in the panels; the physical people are seated devotees and a priest, with no crowd beyond them.