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A priest with a bare upper body and white dhoti with a gold border stands at right, bending over a tiled altar and handling ritual items. A dark rudraksha-style cord hangs from his neck. On the altar are brass vessels, a silver kalasha-like pot, small oil lamps with lit wicks, a plate of flower petals, and red and orange garlands. A large cutout backdrop shows a bearded figure in pearl necklaces and a turban in a yellow-walled room, with framed pictures of a goddess in red above. This appears to be a puja and abhishekam setting with offerings.

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KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/30/20212021-06-30A photograph inside a small shrine room with yellow walls and white floor tiles. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange border and white sacred ash lines on his body, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands bent over an altar performing worship with his hands. The altar holds a framed painted figure of a seated man with long hair and a crown-like headdress, several small deity murtis, a brass lamp with a lit flame, brass plates, small bowls and marigold garlands in red and yellow. Decorative paper diyas are stuck to the ornate arch behind the altar.2021-06-28A photo of a home shrine in a yellow-walled room with a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and rudraksha mala bending over an offering tray. Above the shrine, a framed figure in a saffron turban and ornate beaded gold necklaces is shown with hands in a blessing gesture, and a decorated arch is hung with marigold and red flower garlands and small lamp stickers. The altar holds a brass deity murti, a dark stone Ganesha-style figure, brass lamps, kalasha-like vessels, red flowers and a lit oil lamp. Framed pictures hang on the wall. Ritual activity includes abhishekam, alankar, puja and neivedyam.2021-06-14KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/25/20212021-06-25KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/1/20212021-07-01KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/17/20212021-06-17A bare-chested shaved-headed man with a grey moustache and a white sacred thread over his shoulder bends over a home altar, lighting or tending an oil lamp. He wears a white dhoti-style cloth and a dark rudraksha-style mala. On the left, a large framed printed portrait of a figure with a red-and-gold turban, pearl necklaces and layered gold ornaments, hands pressed together, stands beside golden deity murti and flower garlands of red, orange and yellow. Brass bowls with offerings, marigold petals and small brass puja vessels sit on a white-tiled altar against yellow walls. The scene reads as a daily puja in a small shrine room.2021-06-19A bare-chested older man in a white dhoti stands at a shrine table, bending forward to make offerings. He wears a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala and a sacred thread over his shoulder. The shrine is decorated with red and orange marigold garlands and small decorative oil-lamp stickers on a yellow wall. A seated deity murti with a crown and ornaments, along with brass vessels, a kalasha-type pot, a plate of food on a banana leaf, and a lit oil lamp, sits on the table. Framed pictures of a goddess in lotus pose and a devotional image hang on the wall behind. This appears to be a puja and neivedyam offering at a home shrine.2021-06-23A shirtless, bearded man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala around his neck bends over a shrine table during puja. He holds a small object in his hands as he works. The shrine is garlanded with red and orange flowers and decorated with small colourful stickers. Brass lamps, a kalasha, small deity murtis, and offerings including a banana leaf and bowls sit on the table. A lit oil lamp glows in the foreground. A framed portrait of a bearded figure in a red robe with a garland stands at the back of the shrine, and the yellow walls are hung with framed pictures.2021-06-23KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/27/20212021-06-27KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/18/20212021-06-18KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/25/20212021-06-25