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A photograph inside a temple hall with a wood-plank floor and yellow walls, where devotees sit on red and cream patterned rugs and cushions facing a large golden-crowned deity murti decorated with marigold garlands. A standing man in a teal shirt and grey trousers, holding a microphone stand, faces the seated group at left. Seated devotees include a woman in a blue sari, a girl in pink, a man in a khaki shirt, and children, with a woman in a sari praying at right near a shrine. Additional deity statues, floral garlands and a framed photo collage hang on the walls, and a dark-skinned man in a white dhoti sits at the far right beside an altar with small offerings.

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Photograph of a temple hall with a wooden floor and red patterned rugs. Seated devotees, including several children and young women in blue, pink and grey clothes, sit on cushions facing a shrine. On the shrine, a tall dark deity murti stands draped in marigold garlands, with other garlanded murtis and figures nearby; a banner reading KAILASA OHIO is visible. A man in a white dhoti sits at the right of the shrine with hands together in prayer, and a standing man in grey stands at the far left. Figures in colourful robes stand in a painted display on the left. A camera on a tripod is set up at the right.2024-09-29A photograph of a temple hall with yellow walls and wooden beams where a Hindu puja is underway. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands on a raised stone platform before deity murtis draped in garlands, holding a ritual offering near a figure in an orange and gold sari. Seated on mats in the foreground, many women and girls in saris and salwar kameez, in gold, pink, orange and green, face the platform with hands folded, some holding brass plates with lamps and offerings. A sign reading KAILASA OHIO is set on a stand near the platform, with a tripod-mounted camera nearby. Hanging lamps and a red-draped flag frame the scene.2024-11-10April 17 20222022-04-17KAILASA in SanJose on 9/2/20192019-09-02 +1 copiesInterior of a temple hall with gold-framed shrines draped in red fabric, filled with deity murtis and decorated with colourful striped hangings. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a yellow border stands at a central puja table holding a ritual implement, with a tripod-mounted camera beside him. Several seated devotees sit on red mats facing the shrine: a woman in a pink saree at left, a person in a grey top, a woman in a yellow top with a braid, and a man in white. Another bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the right near a shrine, and a seated person in a dark top is at far right. Brass lamps and offerings are arranged in front of the altar.2022-05-03 +1 copiesDevotees sit on red floor mats in a temple hall with yellow walls, facing an altar. A seated figure on the right in orange robes, a turban, and layered garlands of white and red flowers sits on a gold throne with red cushions, appearing to be a person given the saffron clothing, turban and ornate garlands. Nearby, a priest in white stands at a deity altar with a dark-blue deity murti in a red and gold shrine. A silver lamp stand with many oil lamps stands at the left edge. Participants wear saris, salwar kameez and a leopard-print top, and one person sits in a wheelchair among the rows. Colourful banners hang from the ceiling.2022-05-08 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 7/15/20192019-07-15 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 8/9/20192019-08-09Indoor temple hall with yellow-tiled walls and red and gold shrines holding multiple deity murtis, with a tall silver kalasha-style lamp stand in the centre. Several priests in white and saffron dhotis perform a puja near a raised platform. Around 30 seated devotees sit on red and patterned floor mats, facing the shrines; some wear white kurtas, saffron and dark clothing. Ornate gold canopies frame the murtis, and dark drapes hang behind them.2022-03-01Photo inside a temple hall with gold-and-red shrine niches holding deity murtis, a tall white ornate lamp stand in the centre, and a red-carpeted altar. Devotees sit on red mats and chairs facing the shrine, seen from behind: a woman in a leopard-print top, one in a green dress, one in a blue dress, and one in a pink sari. An elderly person in a wheelchair sits among them. A figure in white robes stands near the central altar, and a red-curtained deity shrine with decorative tassel banners lines the walls.2022-05-08 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/2/20222022-01-02KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 7/15/20192019-07-15 +1 copies