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A decorated home shrine for Surya Puja showing a framed painting of the Sun deity Surya seated on a chariot drawn by white horses, holding lotus flowers, with a golden halo and a golden sun-face ornament above his crown. A red and orange flower garland drapes the frame. Below, a red-cloth altar holds rose petals, marigold and rose blooms, and paper currency. Brass and steel bowls contain offerings of food, and rows of lit clay oil lamps and a tray of lamps glow in the foreground. A dark metal deity murti wearing a crown and yellow flower stands to the right beside pink roses. No people are visible.

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Close overhead photo of a puja offering on a red and gold cloth. Clay diyas with lit wicks and oil sit on a round copper tray over silver foil, with a second group of lit diyas at lower left. A steel bowl holds a pale sweet. Orange and yellow roses, rose petals and currency notes are heaped on the red cloth, and an ornate brass vase of orange flowers stands at upper right. No people are visible.A framed printed image of the deity Ayyappa, shown as a child with a crown and gold jewellery, is garlanded with yellow marigolds and red roses. In front of it stands a brass kuthuvilakku oil lamp with several lit wicks, flanked by silver lamp stands with burning candles and small brass lamps. Offerings on banana leaves include apples, bananas, a coconut, a bowl of dark jaggery balls, a bowl of sweet payasam or halwa, a banana-leaf plate of sweets, puffed rice and fruit, with scattered yellow and pink flower petals on a red and gold cloth. This is an offering arrangement for a puja; no people are visible.2020-11-27 +1 copiesKAILASA OMAN on 11/27/20202020-11-27 +1 copiesKAILASA OMAN on 11/27/20202020-11-27KAILASA OMAN on 11/27/20202020-11-27 +2 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 4/27/20212021-04-27KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 12/4/20202020-12-04KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 6/24/20222022-06-24 +1 copiesKAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 7/28/20212021-07-28A worship scene in a small room with pink walls. On the left a man in a yellow embroidered kurta holds a lit oil lamp aloft with one hand. In the foreground an orange cloth covers a spread of offerings on plates: fruits including bananas, oranges, apples and a papaya, sweets, and bowls of grains and powders. Beside a brass oil lamp on a stand, a white-painted altar holds marigold garlands, small deity murti figures and a flame. On the right, a statue of a seated bearded figure wearing a red-orange shawl, a crown-like headpiece, a white beaded necklace and a gold chain sits on the altar, with a purple light strip behind it. A framed photograph sits at the right edge. Statues are not physical people.2021-01-23Overhead photo of a home altar prepared for puja. A large brass tray holds red apples, a bowl of red kumkum powder sits in front, and rudraksha malas, rose petals, tea lights and a small brass vessel are arranged on an orange cloth. A golden square yantra plate with a central red dot sits on an orange-draped stand, flanked by small gold deity figurines. Behind is a backdrop printed with a red-robed seated figure, a garland of white flowers and a red rose. No people are visible.KAILASA JORPATI, NEPAL on 12/3/20202020-12-03