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Photo 82845682022-07-14 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 6/30/20202020-06-30Photo 82860752022-07-14 +1 copiesPhoto 66799322022-07-14 +1 copiesIndoor temple hall with a grey tiled floor and circular yellow and white painted lines. Behind the ritual area, golden arched shrines hold deity murtis, including a multi-armed figure and a standing figure with a crown, with draped gold-and-beige curtains around them. A priest in a bare upper body and white dhoti sits cross-legged at the front left, wearing a rudraksha-style garland and a black face mask, with a brass lamp and a bowl of red flowers before him. Another priest in white sits at a low wooden table, and a bald man in a white dhoti sits near the centre. Along a red-draped low table, many silver-foil-covered plates of offerings are laid out next to fruit trays of bananas, apples and limes. Two more priests in white dhotis work at the right side near a richly dressed deity. A woman in white sits at the centre back, and the scene shows an ongoing puja with oil lamps and offerings.2020-11-14A seated priest with a shaved head and bare chest wears a white dhoti with gold border and a face mask, holding a lit oil lamp over an offering tray during a Satyanarayana puja. Three painted clay-style deity murti or decorated forms sit on a red cloth before an altar with carved white pillars. Behind them stand ornate deity statues in gold frames, garlanded and dressed in colourful silk. Brass plates hold bananas, green apples, pineapple, mango, coconut, dates and rice, with flowers and betel leaves scattered on banana leaves. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha surround the scene.2020-06-30A photograph inside a temple hall during a ritual offering. In the foreground, a long cloth-covered table holds many banana-leaf plates of fruits, sweets, rice dishes and flower petals, with a green coconut and bananas at the left. Behind it, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a dark rudraksha mala holds a brass aarti lamp with flames toward the right, while shallow brass vessels line the steps. At the rear, a golden throne-like peetha and a gilded altar with flower garlands and brass lamps stand before a decorated wall. A large screen at left shows a bearded man in red robes and a view of a figure in orange and white. Two other people stand in the background near the altar.2025-06-27KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/14/20202020-11-14A seated priest bare-chested with a white dhoti bordered in gold performs a puja at a temple altar. He wears a face mask and holds a lit multi-wick brass aarti lamp toward a platter of offerings. Three small yellow and pink decorated kalasha-style figures with flower garlands sit on a red-draped altar, with gold-framed shrine niches and deity murtis behind. Brass plates hold bananas, apples, mangoes, a pineapple, dates and rice, and marigold petals and leaves are laid on a low wooden stand. Gold lamps and a bell are nearby.2020-06-30A photograph of a large naivedyam offering laid out on the floor of a temple hall with a red-and-cream patterned rug. Dozens of small stainless steel bowls and trays arranged in rows hold vegetarian dishes in varied colours, including rice, sweets, curries, salads and fruit. A whole pineapple, bananas, apples and a melon sit on a platter at left, with a coconut at right. Behind the offering, a raised seat draped in maroon and gold cloth holds a mirrored seat cover and a silver ornate arrangement with garlands of yellow flowers. Brass lamps stand on either side and a red fire extinguisher is mounted on the wall. No people are visible in the frame.2020-11-14KAILASA TIRUVANNAMALAI SRI NITHYANANDA JANMABHUMI KSHETRAM On December 29, 20252025-06-27 +1 copiesPhoto 82835572022-07-14 +1 copies