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A photograph inside a temple shrine room in KAILASA OHIO, USA. Several deity murtis are dressed with garlands of marigolds and multicolour flowers. At the centre, a seated golden deity murti with raised hand sits beside a standing murti in a red and gold sari. A seated priest in white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body sits at left, facing the altar. On the red and gold floor cloth in front, many steel bowls and plates hold a festive vegetarian meal with fruit, bananas, sweets, curries, dal, rice, pickles and fried items. A brass kalasha and lamps stand on the altar. A partially visible sign reads KAI... OH..., possibly KAILASA OHIO.

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A banner partly visible on the shrine reads KAIL, indicating a KAILASA temple. One person is visible.2024-03-11A shirtless priest with a bare chest and an orange-and-white dhoti performs aarti with a lit lamp in a temple shrine room with yellow walls and wooden ceiling beams. Several deity murtis dressed in colourful silk and draped with marigold and rose garlands stand on a dark stone platform, with a gold arched frame behind them. Brass plates hold fruit, flowers and small offerings on the floor, and a maroon cushion lies near the platform. A framed portrait hangs high on the wall. Red and gold drapes frame the room.2024-03-11Photograph of a temple shrine room set up for a Diwali naivedyam offering. Large rows of metal plates and bowls heaped with vegetarian dishes, fruit, sweets and coconut are arranged on a red and cream patterned rug in front of the altar. 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Tables in front hold heaped fresh fruit on plates including bananas, oranges, strawberries, grapes, mangoes and pomegranates, bowls of sweets and flowers, and a bunch of green leaves and vegetables including carrots and peppers. A tall palm frond stands to the right. Decorative striped poles frame the backdrop, and a small framed portrait hangs at the top. No people are visible.2024-07-07Photograph inside a temple shrine during a puja. A seated priest with bare upper body, white dhoti, orange tilak and a gold lamp in his hands performs the ritual, while a second man in white dhoti with folded hands sits at the right edge. Behind them stand decorated deity murti figures adorned with fresh flower garlands, and a central figure is garlanded with red and white flowers in front of an orange cloth. Brass vessels, a kalasha, bananas, fruit, a bell and rose petals sit on an orange-cloth-covered floor, and a red and gold cloth hangs in the background.2022-10-01 +3 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine room with garlanded deity murtis on a raised golden-yellow platform. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with gold border and white sacred ash marks on his arms and chest stands at left, reaching toward a brass lamp stand. Before him is a shiva lingam draped with an orange, white and green cloth, flanked by brass oil lamps and a kalasha. A table in front holds fruit, pineapple, sweets, bowls of food and a green and red offering. A sign reads KAILASA OHIO. Other garlanded deity murtis in colourful garments stand on the right side of the room.2024-12-05Indoor temple room with a large framed portrait of a smiling bearded man wearing an orange-and-gold turban, gold ceremonial necklace, saffron shawl and white garland, seated on a maroon cushioned seat with a brass lamp in front; the portrait is a printed image, not a physical person. To the left, three deity murti with dark faces are dressed in colourful garments and flower garlands on a golden platform. To the right, a standing deity figure in orange robes with a garland. In the foreground, over a patterned red rug, about 108 steel plates of vegetarian naivedyam food are arranged in rows, with fruit including pineapple, bananas and apples, a brass kalasha-style offering, and yellow flowers in a vase. No physical people are visible.2020-11-14