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A photograph of a bare-chested older man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands in a doorway draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands. He wears glasses, has white sacred ash marks on his arms and chest, and wears rudraksha malas. He holds a small metal idol and a small figure in his cupped hands, facing a white-draped table holding a small decorative item. A red curtain and a brass vessel are visible at the right.

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A photograph of a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border, standing beside a doorway framed by yellow and white marigold garlands. He wears a rudraksha mala, a white sacred thread, and white tripundra marks with a red bindi. He holds a small brass deity murti wrapped in garlands in one hand and a small figure in the other, with white ash on his arms and chest. Red curtains and a wooden ceiling are visible behind him.2025-12-29A photograph of a bare-chested, shaved-headed elderly man standing barefoot on a wooden floor in a doorway decorated with marigold and jasmine garlands in yellow, white and orange. He wears a white dhoti with a gold-bordered hem and a rudraksha mala around his neck, and holds small brass or metal ritual objects in both palms, including a decorated figure near his chest. Behind him are white curtains and a red cloth, with wooden doors on either side. The garlands and ritual setting suggest a puja, though the subject's appearance does not meet the criteria for a person identification.2025-12-29 +1 copiesA barefoot man with short grey hair, wearing a white dhoti and a sacred thread, stands with his back to the camera in a wooden doorway. He holds a small plate of offerings. Marigold garlands in yellow, orange and white hang from the doorframe. Beyond the door, a white-draped table holds ritual items, with a red curtain behind and a white chair. The floor is wooden decking with a doormat.2025-12-29A shirtless, bearded man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala around his neck bends over a shrine table during puja. He holds a small object in his hands as he works. The shrine is garlanded with red and orange flowers and decorated with small colourful stickers. Brass lamps, a kalasha, small deity murtis, and offerings including a banana leaf and bowls sit on the table. A lit oil lamp glows in the foreground. A framed portrait of a bearded figure in a red robe with a garland stands at the back of the shrine, and the yellow walls are hung with framed pictures.2021-06-23A bare-chested older man in a white dhoti stands at a shrine table, bending forward to make offerings. He wears a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala and a sacred thread over his shoulder. The shrine is decorated with red and orange marigold garlands and small decorative oil-lamp stickers on a yellow wall. A seated deity murti with a crown and ornaments, along with brass vessels, a kalasha-type pot, a plate of food on a banana leaf, and a lit oil lamp, sits on the table. Framed pictures of a goddess in lotus pose and a devotional image hang on the wall behind. This appears to be a puja and neivedyam offering at a home shrine.2021-06-23KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/27/20212021-06-27A photograph inside a small shrine room with yellow walls and white floor tiles. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange border and white sacred ash lines on his body, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands bent over an altar performing worship with his hands. The altar holds a framed painted figure of a seated man with long hair and a crown-like headdress, several small deity murtis, a brass lamp with a lit flame, brass plates, small bowls and marigold garlands in red and yellow. Decorative paper diyas are stuck to the ornate arch behind the altar.2021-06-28KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/1/20212021-07-01A bare-chested older man with a white beard and a white dhoti stands in a yellow-walled room holding a lit oil lamp aloft with his right hand and a small brass vessel in his left, performing an aarti. He wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant. On the left, a shrine altar draped with marigold garlands holds a standing deity murti with a crown and jewelled necklace, brass figurines, a kalasha, small plates of offerings and a dhoop vessel. Framed prints of a goddess with lotus motifs and two seated saffron-robed figures hang on the wall, with a patterned sofa at right.2021-07-01A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with yellow-orange border stands in a yellow-walled room, holding a bell in one hand and lighting a small flame or lamp with the other at a shrine. On the left, a large framed image of a deity with a garland, gold ornaments and brass deity figures sit on a tiled altar with brass plates, a kalasha-style vessel and flower petals. Framed pictures on the wall show a goddess in red with multiple hands and a robed figure in orange. A rudraksha mala hangs around his neck. Ritual puja with aarti in a home shrine.2021-06-27KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/27/20212021-06-27A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands at center, holding a brass five-flame lamp with lit wicks in both hands, offering aarti before a golden deity murti of a standing Murugan-style figure with a tall crown and gold necklaces, set in front of a dark stone pedestal. Behind him are deep red velvet curtains, and on each side hang tall tassel garlands of yellow, red, white, green and blue threads. He wears a gold-beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and glasses. a person is not visibly identifiable here, so this is a priest performing aarti rather than a confirmed presence of the a person.2022-03-01