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A three-panel collage of a Hindu temple offering. The top panel shows a red cloth laid with bowls of fresh fruit, a banana-leaf plate of rice, corn, fried snacks and curries, and many small bowls of sweets, nuts, dried fruit and grains. The bottom-left panel shows three ornately dressed deity murti seated on a gold-yellow throne, garlanded with flowers, with the same offerings arranged before them. The bottom-right panel shows a pale yellow-walled shrine room where a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with ash marks on his forehead sits near a row of seated devotees, several in white traditional clothing, one in an orange jacket, one in a white shirt and one in a black shirt, all facing the deities with a tray of flowers and a brass lamp nearby. Framed pictures line the wall.

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KAILASA SINGAPORE on 1/7/20212021-01-07 +1 copiesA photograph from above of a festive offering spread laid on a red cloth over patterned red and gold mats. Two large steel trays of fresh fruit sit at the top corners, including grapes, oranges, apples, a white melon, and a dragon fruit on the right. Centre top, a banana leaf holds cooked rice, sweets, corn cobs, fried items and small bowls of curries and chutneys. Below, two rows of small round metal bowls hold dry fruits, nuts, sweets, honey, ghee-like oils, milky puddings, and grains, arranged in neat rows. No people are visible and no portrait or deity is shown.Photo 82887982021-01-23 +1 copiesPhoto 66799322022-07-14 +1 copiesMulti-panel collage of KAILASA Singapore Annadhaan and Nithya Spiritual Healing activities in a yellow-walled room with murti shrines of deities. Top panels show people in white and cream garments seated on red patterned mats and blue cushions, with a seated man in a red shirt receiving attention from a woman in white. Middle panels show devotees in white dhoti and sari-style clothing eating from plates on the floor, plus a laptop and a doorway. Bottom-left shows a banana leaf plate of rice, vegetables, fried snacks, sweets, banana slices and flowers. Bottom-right shows a seated group before a shrine decorated with red marigold garlands.2024-08-08Photograph of a food offering spread laid on a marble floor in a room with a window. Rows of leaf plates hold rice dishes in yellow and green, fried snacks, sliced fruits including oranges, bananas, apples, pomegranates and dragon fruit, a coconut, nuts, dates and raisins. A gold-coloured altar with marigold garlands and a pink and gold cloth holds a small framed portrait of a man in orange robes and a pair of decorated red and pink ceremonial items. Copper vessels sit at the left edge. No people are visible.2021-03-11 +2 copiesPhoto 82845682022-07-14 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/14/20202020-11-14KAILASA Tharamangalam 10 Sep 2021A six-panel collage of a KAILASA Singapore day of temple service and annadhaan. Panels show devotees in white dhotis and saris with rudraksha malas seated on red patterned mats before deity murtis in a yellow-walled shrine with framed portraits and marigold garlands. One panel shows a white-clad priest performing a seva while others sit on blue cushions. Another shows a seated group of people including two men in pink and green shirts with white-clad devotees. A panel shows a meal offering of chickpeas, red apples and plantain-leaf thalis of rice and curries. A bottom-left panel shows a woman in orange clothing seated in a reading room, and a final panel shows two women smiling together in a white and yellow saree setting. The panels are a collage of photographs, so no physical people are counted at the collage level.Overhead view of a large naivedyam offering laid out on a white cloth over a green banana leaf, with a red and gold patterned runner beside it. Dozens of small steel bowls hold sweets, savouries, nuts, dried fruits, puffed snacks, and fried items in yellow, orange, brown and white tones. Larger steel bowls and a wooden tray hold whole fresh fruits including apples, oranges, pears, pomelo, dragon fruit, mangosteen, lychee, grapes and bananas. No people are visible, and no person in the image is identified.2021-07-23Two bare-chested men in white dhotis perform a puja inside a temple shrine before an altar of deities. The man on the left sits cross-legged on the floor wearing a rudraksha-style cord, with a red-orange cloth draped across his shoulder. The man seated centrally, with his eyes closed, holds a white cloth and sits before a golden tray and a brass bowl of red and yellow flowers. Behind them, three decorated murtis sit on a green-draped peetha with garlands, and two standing deity statues in ornate costume flank the shrine. Along the floor in front, dozens of brass cups hold colourful naivedyam offerings, alongside fruits, bananas, oranges, rice and sweets on banana leaves and silver trays. A brass kalasha holds roses on the right. This is a puja and naivedyam offering.2022-07-14 +1 copies