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A shirtless priest in a cream dhoti with a yellow border bends over a brass puja tray, pouring or offering from a small vessel while incense smoke rises. He wears a long rudraksha-style mala and gold bead necklace. Beside him a golden throne with an orange and red silk cloth and a large golden crown-like ornament stands before a deep maroon curtain. In front, a brass figure rests on a tiger-skin cloth scattered with red rose petals, with silver and brass vessels, a small oil lamp and a shallow silver platter nearby. Red velvet rope barriers frame the room. The setting suggests a temple puja and abhishekam offering.

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A priest in a bare-shouldered tan upper garment and white dhoti sits at left on the floor, wearing a garland and reaching toward an ornate gilded shrine. Behind a large gold-plated arched frame with a silver Shiva linga emblem stands a golden peetha with orange and red cloths draped over it and red rose petals scattered across its base. In front, a brass bowl, a silver plate with small vessels, a brass lamp, a white sweet-filled bowl and a small standing figure of a deity sit on a red cloth, with a tiger-striped cloth at right. The scene reads as puja and abhishekam in a temple room with dark red drapes behind.2022-04-23A shirtless priest with a shaved head, wearing a white dhoti and a sacred thread over his bare back, stands with his back to the camera and raises a lit lamp toward a golden deity murti. The murti stands in a golden arched frame and is draped with red and orange marigold garlands. Below it, an ornate gold altar with orange and red cloth panels holds a small silver-and-gold offering vessel on a red cloth. The dark red curtains and soft spotlight create a temple-like setting. Only the priest is physically present; the deity is a statue. The priest is not an identifiable a person candidate, so the appearance is not sufficient to name anyone.2022-03-01A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in a bare-chested pose with a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace, seen from behind, reaching up to scatter white flower petals over a tall gold-plated deity murti shaped like a shiva linga with a gold arch behind it. The murti is draped in red and yellow marigold garlands and a red-and-gold cloth. Below it sits a gold pedestal with ornate relief carving and an orange-and-red silk cloth hanging down the front. A small brass kalasha or lamp stand with a decorative silver-and-red base sits at the foot. Smoke and oil lamp flames appear at left against a dark background, consistent with an abhishekam or aarti ritual.2022-03-01Photo 99230522022-05-29 +1 copiesA shirtless priest in white dhoti with a sacred thread stands with his back to the camera, holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward an ornate golden structure. The golden arched frame and tiered gold base are decorated with floral garlands in red and orange, and a red and gold cloth drapes the base. Smoke rises in the dim room against dark maroon curtains. The priest appears to be performing an aarti offering during the Varsha Kumbhabhishekam ceremonies at KAILASA Houston.2022-03-01KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 3/1/20222022-03-01KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 5/29/20222022-05-29 +1 copiesPhoto 99194362022-05-29 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 3/1/20222022-03-01Photograph of a ceremonial puja at a temple-style pavilion filled with incense smoke. A seated man in a golden-yellow ornate throne wears a maroon-red shawl, rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, with a red tilak on his forehead; the throne is a probable Swamiji (appearance-based, with saffron-ornate clothing and a crown-like head adornment). Standing behind him, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and orange shawl holds a lamp under a decorated umbrella. A shaved-headed priest in white sits in the foreground near brass vessels, kalasha pots and a silver lamp. Garlands of red and yellow flowers decorate a gilded palanquin-like structure on the left, with a golden lion carving. Devotees in yellow and pink sit in the background.2016-12-07A seated man in a golden ornate throne with a carved gold lion-head arm rest and a tiger-striped cushion, wearing a maroon and orange-bordered dhoti, a red shawl, a white vertical tilak on the forehead and a long ornate gold-bead necklace, with a gold bangle on his upper arm, appears to be a person, seated in a sanctum-like room with hanging brass bells and oil lamps. Two devotees kneel before him with hands folded in namaskar at a row of silver puja plates holding flowers, lamps and offerings; the man on the left wears white with a red shawl and a rudraksha-style garland, and the man on the right wears white with a red shawl. Dark stone-panelled walls form the background.2014-08-29June 09 20172017-06-09