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Photo of a temple puja inside a shrine with deity murtis draped in garlands of pink, red and white flowers and carved wooden or metal frames behind them. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala sits on an orange cloth, facing a second bare-chested man in white dhoti who reads from loose papers and holds a microphone. Brass plates with bananas, limes, oil lamps, a kalasha-like vessel and a bowl of flower petals sit on the cloth. The scene suggests a puja and recitation at a shrine during a festival.

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KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/1/20222022-10-01Photo 66800822022-10-02Photo 99207202022-10-01Photo 82839192022-10-01 +3 copiesPhotograph inside a temple shrine during a puja. A seated priest with bare upper body, white dhoti, orange tilak and a gold lamp in his hands performs the ritual, while a second man in white dhoti with folded hands sits at the right edge. Behind them stand decorated deity murti figures adorned with fresh flower garlands, and a central figure is garlanded with red and white flowers in front of an orange cloth. Brass vessels, a kalasha, bananas, fruit, a bell and rose petals sit on an orange-cloth-covered floor, and a red and gold cloth hangs in the background.2022-10-01 +3 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/5/20222022-10-05 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/5/20222022-10-05 +1 copiesPhoto 82886032022-10-02 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 8/13/20212021-08-13A photograph of a temple puja inside a decorated hall. Two black stone deity murtis stand in gold arched shrines draped with purple and blue silks and flower garlands; the left one wears a purple skirt and a crown, the right one a green turban, white urdhva tilaka and layered necklaces. In the foreground a shirtless priest in white dhoti holds a smoking incense stick or lamp toward the deities, while another man in white dhoti and a shawl sits cross-legged at a microphone with his hands folded in prayer. Brass plates of fruit, bowls and a kalasha sit on a blue and pink cloth, with flower petals scattered on the floor. A woman in red is partly visible at the bottom edge.2020-07-04Photo 103275102022-09-28 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/4/20222022-10-04 +1 copies