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A ritual gathering in a room at KAILASA Houston USA, with a rainbow-striped floor mat and a yellow sign reading KAILASA HOUSTON USA. In the foreground, several priests seated with their backs to the camera wear white dhotis and bare upper bodies, with yellow and white turbans; one holds a small plate. Women in saris of purple, gold, red and green sit on the mats, some with hands joined in namaste. A large wooden yagna or homa-style platform stands at right with brass lamps, banana leaves and fruit offerings. At the far right, a seated figure on an ornate golden throne is garlanded with marigolds and wears a saffron-coloured robe and headwear, with a kalasha and brass oil lamps set before him. Behind them stand colourful deity murti and red drapes. Seated devotees on a raised dais at the left face the ritual area.

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