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A seated priest in white dhoti with bare chest, wearing a long rudraksha mala and forehead tilak, performs a puja with a brass bell and small ritual implement beside a silver lamp with a lit flame and flower offerings. A large brass thali with offerings and a small brass lamp sit on a low wooden stand on a patterned rug. Several women in colourful saris, including purple and green, sit behind him on the floor, some holding small brass vessels, in a hall with a gray floor and yellow line marking.

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A photograph of a temple puja inside a hall with gold-draped walls and a row of white and painted deity murtis on a raised altar. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest with a rudraksha mala and bare chest sits on a red carpet before a brass lamp and a plate of flowers, tending a ritual vessel. To the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti sits cross-legged beside a tray of offerings and fruit. Behind them, rows of devotees sit on the carpet: women in saris of green, purple and orange, a woman in a dark patterned top with folded hands, and a small child. Brass oil lamps and flower offerings are arranged on low tables.2019-10-26KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/26/20192019-10-26A bare-chested man with a shaved head sits cross-legged on a striped rug during a puja. He wears a white dhoti with a green-and-gold sash, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold pendant, and white vertical tilak markings with a red bindi on his forehead. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other. In front of him are a brass pedestal bearing flower petals, a small gold deity murti, brass kalasha pots, coconut halves with rice, red petals, brass bowls of offerings, and a brass kettle on a wooden tray. A gold-trimmed red-cushioned seat stands at the left edge.2024-02-26KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 3/4/20192019-03-04A priest with long dark hair tied back and a trimmed beard sits on a red patterned rug, bare-chested except for a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms and raises one hand over a brass bowl filled with rose petals in red, orange and yellow. Nearby stand a polished silver oil lamp and a silver tray of fruit and offerings. Behind him, women in red and green silk saris with gold bangles sit holding brass vessels.2019-08-09A seated puja in a temple room with yellow walls and deity images behind. A young girl in pink sits at the left holding a small object, and a woman in blue sits behind her. A man with long dark hair, a tilak and a patterned shawl sits centre-left, holding a small vessel and a ritual item. A woman in a white sari with red blouse sits at right, holding a silver container and pouring. Before them on a striped mat are a large brass plate of flowers, a brass kalasha-style vessel on a book stand, brass bowls of food, lamps, and a plate with eggs and fruit. Marigold garlands hang on the deity images. The partly visible hand at left belongs to another participant in white.2021-01-07April 09 20142014-04-09KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/20/20192019-12-20December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19Indoor temple ceremony with a row of men seated on the floor, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with gold-bordered yellow cloth, rudraksha malas around their necks, and white and horizontal sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their bodies. Several hold small cups or vessels and prepare offerings on brass trays with fruit, flowers and sweets; brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels sit on a low wooden platform over a patterned red carpet. Behind them, devotees in white and colourful saris and dhotis sit or stand, and a gold and yellow decorated shrine appears in the background. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam ritual gathering.2019-07-15A photograph inside a temple shrine during a puja. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on an orange silk cloth, holding a small silver bowl and a plate of offerings. In front of him a woman in a blue blouse and peach sari lies prostrate with her forehead on the cloth. Before them is a row of ornate gold lamps and a brass bowl of white rice-like offering. To the right, roses, yellow flowers and white petals are arranged beside a copper kalasha on an orange cloth. Behind them, decorated deity murtis in purple and blue garments with garlands stand in the shrine, and a tripod light stand is visible on the left.2022-11-30 +3 copiesPhoto 11709797