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A six-panel collage of a temple puja in a yellow-walled shrine room, with three deity figures dressed in garlands and red and gold garments on a decorated altar. In the top-left and middle panels, several people in white dhotis and saris sit on striped mats around brass plates of flowers and lamps. In the top-right and middle-right panels, women in cream saris with gold borders sit on mats performing puja with flowers and brass vessels. In the bottom-left panel, a bare-chested priest with a topknot, a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas and a white dhoti sits in meditative posture before a tray of marigolds, lamps and a conch-like brass vessel. In the bottom-right panel, three smiling women sit on a red carpet in white and cream saris with rudraksha necklaces beside brass plates of offerings, a teal-clad woman in front. Pictured activity is shown in the panels; the physical people are seated devotees and a priest, with no crowd beyond them.

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A multi-panel collage of a Varalakshmi Vratham puja at a KAILASA centre. Devotees sit on striped woven rugs in white saris and white kurta-style clothes, with rudraksha malas and flowers in their hair, performing rituals beside brass plates of rose petals, lit oil lamps, fruit, sweets and marigold and red flower garlands. A woman in a white sari with a flower-decorated bun pours from a vessel near a decorated deity murti with garlands. A man in a black top sits with hands joined among the participants. The panels show the ritual in progress, though some people are visible only in part.2024-11-28KAILASA SINGAPORE on 12/28/20212021-12-28KAILASA SINGAPORE on 1/7/20212021-01-07Multi-panel collage of KAILASA Singapore Annadhaan and Nithya Spiritual Healing activities in a yellow-walled room with murti shrines of deities. 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The scene is a devotional worship gathering, with no clearly identifiable a person depicted.2020-10-18Indoor puja in a shrine room with marigold garlands and a pink-and-orange backdrop. Three large deity murtis in ornate gold and red garments stand on a raised platform at left. In the foreground, a woman in a green-and-gold sari sits on a mat reading from printed pages. Another woman in a pink patterned dress kneels at a small gold image of a deity, with a brass puja plate of fruit, flowers and sweets. A bare-chested man with a sacred thread sits cross-legged on a purple mat, and a man in white kurta sits at right. Brass plates of offerings, a gold kalasha-style vessel and wall portraits of saints complete the scene.2020-10-18A photo of a group puja in a yellow-walled room with a framed devotional print on the left and three decorated deity murti with flower garlands on a shelf at right. Seated on a striped red, green and white mat around a golden puja vessel, a man with long dark hair and a leopard-print shawl over white dhoti-style clothes sits with palms together while a woman in white sari-style clothing offers items from a brass tray. Several devotees in white, pink and blue clothing sit in rows, some with hands folded. Plates of fruit, flowers, sweets and oil lamps are arranged on the floor, consistent with a naivedyam puja.2021-01-07A six-panel collage of photographs from a temple-ritual event in a small ashram room with orange-yellow walls and red floor mats. Top left: a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti holds white cloth bundles at his head beside a man in a blue polo shirt and a woman in white. Top right: several people in white garments sit on a red mat before a shrine with multiple deity murtis and garlands, one woman in purple holding a white cloth to her head. Middle left: people in white and light clothes stand and kneel on red mats, some with white cloths on their heads, near a brass vessel. Middle right: a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits as a woman in a teal dress assists him, beside an elephant-headed Ganesha murti with floral garlands. Bottom left: a bare-chested man in white and a seated man in white sit before a shrine with garlanded murtis and a painting of a forest scene. Bottom right: a crowd in white and casual clothes stands and kneels with white cloths on their heads near the shrine. Collage panels are photographs; people counted across panels are estimated as roughly twenty.A seated group performs a puja in a yellow-walled room with a red patterned carpet and striped runner. Several participants in white ritual clothes sit on blue cushions before a shrine of deity murti decorated with red and green garlands, and a small sign reads KAILASA SINGAPORE. 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