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A photograph of a ritual hall at the KAILASA Houston USA centre with maroon drapes, striped mats and a golden square homa/yagna platform in the centre. Three men sit cross-legged on the mats in front: two with bare upper bodies, white dhotis and cream turbans, and a third partly visible in the foreground with a rudraksha mala and bare shoulders. Wooden sticks, plates of offerings and a brass lamp sit nearby. Behind them, a seated figure in saffron-and-gold robes with a pink turban and a garland of yellow flowers occupies an ornate throne beside a sign reading KAILASA HOUSTON USA. Brass lamps line the platform, and a decorated structure with kalasha-like pots stands at left.

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