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Photo of a Varalakshmi puja in a temple room with golden walls. In the foreground a woman in a white saree with gold border and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, applying offerings from a brass plate. Beside her another woman in white with glasses and a red bindi tends the altar. A large deity murti of Goddess Lakshmi with a gold crown and face is draped in red and pink roses, yellow marigold garlands and an orange and pink silk cloth. Brass dishes hold rose petals, turmeric, yellow flowers and a small oil lamp burning, with fruit such as apples and grapes at right. A standing woman in a green kurta photographs the scene, and a seated person in white is at left. Ceremonial oil lamps glow at the top right.

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A photograph inside a golden-walled shrine room during a Varalakshmi puja. In the foreground, a woman in a dark polka-dot top sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Two women in white saris with gold borders sit in front of an altar, hands folded, one with flowers in her hair and a rudraksha-style mala. The altar holds a decorated deity murti in green and red garments with gold jewellery, flanked by colourful deity statues with garlands, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, incense sticks, brass plates of fruit, red roses, marigolds and a kalasha. A colourful striped mat covers the floor. A framed picture of Shiva with a trident hangs on the left wall, and a sign reads Happy Diwali above the altar. Several people are visible at the edges of the frame.2024-11-28KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/9/20212021-10-09 +1 copiesPhoto of a puja inside a temple shrine. A shirtless man with a topknot and rudraksha malas, wearing a white dhoti, stands at left holding turmeric or saffron in his palm over a brass plate of bananas. Seated at right on a blue cushion, a woman in a white sari with a gold border and glasses, with a red bindi, holds a gold plate of flower petals and turmeric. Behind them a woman in a purple sari holds a tray of bananas, pineapple and grapes before a deity murti draped in a red and gold silk garment, decorated with pink roses and a garland. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, incense and marigold petals lie on the floor mat and tiles. Black and gold temple walls frame the shrine.KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/10/20212021-06-10A 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.2024-11-28KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/10/20212021-06-10KAILASA SERGIPE, BRAZIL on 7/9/20212021-07-09 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/6/20212021-10-06A woman in a cream and striped saree with a magenta blouse sits on a low wooden seat before a gold-decorated shrine, performing puja with her hands raised near incense sticks. Behind her, a silver-clad deity murti of Lakshmi stands within a garlanded frame of white and pink flowers and green leaves, with a red cloth draped on the altar. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style pot wrapped in green leaves, bananas, flower-filled plates and a brass aarti lamp surround the offerings, and a sign reading 'KA... HYD...' is visible at the right. A phone is visible at the lower left edge. Scene consistent with a Varalakshmi Vratham worship.2024-08-16A temple puja scene with a woman in a white saree with gold border bending forward to offer flowers at a red-draped altar. On the left, a seated figure on a maroon velvet throne wears an orange and yellow turban, a garland of white and orange flowers, and an orange-gold cloth; the figure appears to be a statue or decorated image rather than a living person. Brass oil lamps, a fruit bowl with bananas and oranges, plates of offerings, and a brass bell are arranged on the floor, with a standing deity murti in a green and gold garment behind. A hand holding a plate is visible at the lower right.KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/23/20202020-10-23A 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.