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A photograph of a temple shrine with a golden arched frame and red velvet backdrop. A priest with a white turban and bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala beads, holds a flame near a decorated deity murti. The murti wears a golden crown, red and white garlands, layered gold and white jewelry and a red skirt. A white paper sign reads KAILASA USA LOS ANGELES beside the statue. White paint marks decorate the priest's arms and chest. The gold-painted block wall forms the background.

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A photograph of a priest performing a puja before a golden-framed shrine with a red velvet backdrop. A shaved-headed priest with white turban and white dhoti, bare-backed and wearing a rudraksha mala, applies white marks to the arm of a standing metal deity murti with a gold crown and dark face, adorned with a red and gold dress, a jewelled necklace and a garland of red and white flowers. A white sign reads KAILASA USA LOS ANGELES beside the shrine against a gold tiled wall.2024-10-11A photograph of a golden-skinned metal deity murti seated in a gilded shrine niche against a red velvet backdrop, adorned with red and white flower garlands, a gold necklace, a gold crown and jewelled earrings. In front of it, a shirtless young man in white dhoti and white shawl, with white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest, holds a brass lamp toward the deity, performing a puja. A white sign on the right reads KAILASA USA LOS ANGELES. 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