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A photograph of a temple hall with yellow walls and wooden beams where a Hindu puja is underway. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands on a raised stone platform before deity murtis draped in garlands, holding a ritual offering near a figure in an orange and gold sari. Seated on mats in the foreground, many women and girls in saris and salwar kameez, in gold, pink, orange and green, face the platform with hands folded, some holding brass plates with lamps and offerings. A sign reading KAILASA OHIO is set on a stand near the platform, with a tripod-mounted camera nearby. Hanging lamps and a red-draped flag frame the scene.

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Interior photo of a temple room with yellow walls, exposed wooden beams and maroon curtains. Multiple deity murtis are decorated with marigold and colourful garlands, including large figures in orange and blue clothing on a raised altar. A shirtless man in white dhoti sits cross-legged before the central altar, facing the deities. Four women sit on a red patterned rug in front: one in a green sari, one in a cream sari, one in a pink top and one in a red top, several holding open books or papers. Brass lamps and vessels are arranged on the platform. A small sign reading KAILASA OHIO stands near the left altar.2024-08-10Photograph of a temple hall with a wooden floor and red patterned rugs. Seated devotees, including several children and young women in blue, pink and grey clothes, sit on cushions facing a shrine. On the shrine, a tall dark deity murti stands draped in marigold garlands, with other garlanded murtis and figures nearby; a banner reading KAILASA OHIO is visible. A man in a white dhoti sits at the right of the shrine with hands together in prayer, and a standing man in grey stands at the far left. Figures in colourful robes stand in a painted display on the left. A camera on a tripod is set up at the right.2024-09-29A photograph inside a temple hall with a wood-plank floor and yellow walls, where devotees sit on red and cream patterned rugs and cushions facing a large golden-crowned deity murti decorated with marigold garlands. A standing man in a teal shirt and grey trousers, holding a microphone stand, faces the seated group at left. Seated devotees include a woman in a blue sari, a girl in pink, a man in a khaki shirt, and children, with a woman in a sari praying at right near a shrine. Additional deity statues, floral garlands and a framed photo collage hang on the walls, and a dark-skinned man in a white dhoti sits at the far right beside an altar with small offerings.2024-09-29KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 8/9/20192019-08-09Photo 82869942022-05-03 +1 copiesApril 17 20222022-04-17A photograph of a temple puja inside a hall with gold-draped walls and a row of white and painted deity murtis on a raised altar. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest with a rudraksha mala and bare chest sits on a red carpet before a brass lamp and a plate of flowers, tending a ritual vessel. To the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti sits cross-legged beside a tray of offerings and fruit. Behind them, rows of devotees sit on the carpet: women in saris of green, purple and orange, a woman in a dark patterned top with folded hands, and a small child. Brass oil lamps and flower offerings are arranged on low tables.2019-10-26KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 8/9/20192019-08-09Devotees seated on the floor in a temple hall facing a shrine during a Meenakshi Tirukalyanam observance. In the foreground, women in saris of red, teal, purple and yellow sit with long braids visible. Behind them a priest in white, bare-shouldered, sits before a golden arched shrine holding a deity murti draped in pink and garlanded with flowers. On the left a large dark deity murti with a crown and blue-and-purple skirt sits on a platform beside a kalasha-like offering garlanded with yellow marigolds. On the right a gold and yellow draped figure sits on a seat. Red curtains and an oil lamp frame the scene.2019-04-22 +1 copiesPhotograph of a Paramashivaratri puja inside a temple hall with red and gold drapery and multiple deity murtis in shrines along the walls. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and a white upper cloth stands holding a lit lamp (aarti) before a seated group. Near the front, several women in saffron-orange robes sit on red patterned carpet with brass plates and offerings, and a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala sits on the right beside a woman in white. Brass lamps and trays sit on low wooden tables. The scene shows an evening aarti during a group ritual.2019-03-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 3/1/20222022-03-01KAILASA OHIO, USA On 11/10/20242024-11-10 +1 copies