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A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and glasses leans over a wooden table, smoothing out a bright orange silk cloth with a red fabric beneath it. Behind him is a gold arched frame with a dark red velvet backdrop and orange flower garlands. Inside the frame stand two gilded deity murtis, one in green garments and adorned with white flowers, beside a small red figure. A white card on the altar reads KAILASA ROTORUA NEW ZEALA(ND). A brass pot with a yellow-orange covering sits at the right edge of the altar, and folded red and purple fabrics lie on the altar base.

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A bare-chested man with short dark hair, blue-rimmed glasses, rudraksha mala and white ritual dhoti kneels at left with palms pressed together in anjali before a shrine. Behind an arched gold frame strung with red and white garlands stand deity murtis in orange and purple garments, with a sign reading KAILASA Rotorua New Zealand beside them. A red and gold pedestal holds a brass kalasha, a small oil lamp, a bell, a silver bowl of offerings and a woven basket. The setting is a plain room with pale walls and a wooden door.2024-09-16A man sits cross-legged on the floor in a shrine room, hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes lowered, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle. In front of him is a small puja setup on a red-and-white low table: a brass plate with lit incense sticks, a small brass oil lamp, a bottle of liquid, a wicker basket and an orange leaf. Behind it stands a gilded deity murti with a red-and-white flower garland, flanked by framed photographs including one labelled "Satya Sai Baba" and a placard reading "KAILASA Rotorua New Zealand". A maroon cloth with a gold bull motif hangs on the wall, and an ornate gold-and-red cloth drapes the altar. A carved wooden elephant stool holds a vase of white flowers.A photograph inside a small room at a KAILASA centre labelled Rotorua New Zealand. A bare-chested man with short dark hair kneels on a white cloth at left, wearing a white dhoti and a rudraksha mala, with his hands resting in his lap. Behind him a gilded arched frame holds a pair of deity murtis draped in red and orange garlands, on a red-and-gold cloth covered altar. A printed sign reads KAILASA Rotorua New Zealand. Brass and steel ritual vessels, a bowl of orange and pink flowers, a small brass lamp, a cup and a bell sit on the floor and a low red table. Framed prints of a deity and of Shiva hang at right beside orange cloth hangings on the window blinds. A tripod-mounted camera stands in the foreground. The kneeling man is seated, not standing or holding a throne, and his appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so the candidate is unsure.2024-06-09A bare-chested man in white dhoti, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms and a rudraksha mala across his chest, performs puja at a small shrine. He stands at left with hands raised in a blessing gesture toward a blue-draped altar holding a small colourful deity murti with a staff, flanked by golden framed images of a divine couple decorated with red flower garlands. A sign reads2024-05-11A woman with white hair tied back, wearing a cream and gold-patterned sari-style garment and a rudraksha mala, stands at a gold arched shrine placing white flowers on two green-clad metal deity murtis adorned with jewelry. A red-brown backdrop with a golden emblem hangs behind, and a red satin cloth covers a wooden table holding offerings, bowls of food, and brass items. A laptop sits at the right, and a second participant with folded hands is partly visible at the edge of the frame.2024-07-07A photograph of a shrine featuring a golden metal murti of a seated deity pair with a small standing child figure in front. The central male figure wears orange and gold garments with a beaded necklace, and the seated female figure beside him wears an orange and gold sari-style dress with a jewelled necklace. A small red-clad child figure stands in front on the altar. Behind them is an ornate gold arched frame draped with red and white flower garlands. An orange flower offering sits on a red velvet cloth with gold border. A white sign reads KAILASA Rotorua New Zealand. The altar cloth panel below shows printed portraits of a man in a turban, which are depictions rather than physical people.2024-09-14Photograph of a shrine display with three devotional murtis seated before a gilded arch garlanded with red and white flowers. The central seated deity murti wears an orange and gold sari and a tall crown, with a ritual kalasha-like mount and jewelled necklaces. Beside it stands a second figure in orange and gold with a jewelled necklace and crown. A smaller child-sized murti in a maroon garment with gold ornaments sits in front. Orange gerbera flowers are heaped on a red velvet cloth with gold border at the base. A white sign reads KAILASA Rotorua New Zealand. No living people are visible.A shirtless priest in a white dhoti sits at the left edge, palms pressed together in namaskar before a gilded altar. Behind him stand a richly decorated deity murti draped in a green silk garment with red garlands, a bejewelled silver-and-gold ornamented image, and a dark metal figure with yellow and white flower garlands. Silver vessels, a brass lamp and a small silver bowl with flowers sit on the altar, and a small figure in pink garland is also visible. A printed sign reading 'KAILA SEA' (partly cut off) hangs near the top. The priest bears white ash marks and a rudraksha mala on his arm, and the scene is a temple puja with deity worship.2024-08-09A temple shrine interior where a shirtless man in white dhoti with a gold-edged cloth, standing at center, pours liquid from a small vessel onto the head of a gold-coloured seated deity statue, a ritual abhishekam. Surrounding deity murtis are dressed in colourful silk garments and wreathed with garlands of white, yellow, red and green flowers. A dark statue at left wears green and orange silk with a gold crown and a rudraksha-bead mala. Behind, a gold arched frame surrounds dark deity figures on a blue backdrop, with a sign reading KAILASA OHIO partly visible. A striped ritual pillar stands near the centre, and a folded grey cloth lies on the floor in front.2024-11-01A shirtless man with a topknot sits cross-legged on the floor before a small shrine, draping an orange and gold cloth over a red-framed altar. He wears a white dhoti and sacred white markings on his arms and chest. Behind him stands a gilded arch wreathed in red and white flower garlands framing a deity murti, with an oil lamp burning on a silver plate. In front, rows of white trays hold dried fruits, nuts, sweets and sliced fruit arranged on a white cloth. A sign reads KAILASA Rotorua New Zealand. The setting is a plain room with wooden blinds.KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 9/27/20222022-09-27 +1 copiesDecember 09 20122012-12-09 +1 copies