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Photograph inside a temple hall with striped rugs and red curtains. In the centre, a shaved-headed priest with a yellow turban and white dhoti sits on a square wooden platform. Several seated priests, bare-chested with white dhotis and yellow headcloths, face a raised throne at the back, where a seated figure in an ornate golden robe and a garland stands before a red and gold backdrop. A yellow sign reads KAILASA HOUSTON USA. Woman in a gold sari and a red-clad woman sit to the left. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style arrangement of fruit and flowers, brass vessels, bundles of sticks and offerings are laid out on the floor and tables. Multiple deity murtis stand on the right and left.

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