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A photo inside a temple hall with painted, colourful gopuram-style ceiling and arch details. A bearded man in a saffron-orange robe and red headband stands at left, holding a tray or plate of offerings with both hands. Beside him is a decorated deity murti dressed with a golden crown, green and floral garlands, and a microphone in front. Pink and red flower garlands hang over the murti. A partially visible bald head appears in the lower left foreground. Garland leaves hang from the ceiling beams. The scene suggests a puja or aarti being performed before a deity.

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Photo 66802362022-07-04KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 7/4/20222022-07-04 +1 copiesNovember 05 20132013-11-05 +1 copiesInside a temple, a man with long, voluminous curly hair and an orange saffron robe stands at right, back partly turned, pouring or applying liquid over a richly decorated deity murti. The murti is adorned with multicolour garlands of red, yellow, green and white flowers, a golden crown, a yellow cloth and a blue sash. Behind it stands an ornate gilded throne and a golden canopy with red-and-white fringed parasols. A framed portrait showing a robed figure in orange sits on the throne. At left, a younger man in an orange dhoti-style robe with a sacred thread stands beside a second parasol and offering vessels, with a multicoloured patterned hanging behind. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja ritual.2007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/14/20212021-01-14Photo 82838672022-07-04 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 7/4/20222022-07-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a shaved-headed priest in saffron and red robes applying a small dab of paste or powder with his right hand to a deity murti in an ornate shrine. The murti wears a gold and jewelled crown, a colourful garland of marigold-style flowers and a gold necklace. Brass and silver puja vessels and a silver tray with offerings sit on the altar ledge, and a bright red cloth lies beneath them. The priest appears to be performing a ritual during darshan at a temple-like room.2008-05-03A photograph of a temple shrine with stone pillars and a carved granite canopy. A man in saffron-orange robes with a white garland stands at the left, holding a lamp or aarti vessel toward the deities. The central murti is adorned with thick garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers; a figure in a green sari stands beside a crowned deity. Below, a stone platform is decorated with a row of pink, yellow and white flower garlands. A devotee in white clothes with orange shoulder cloth stands at the left edge with hands folded in prayer. Umbrellas and other figures are visible in the background under trees.2007-07-29A temple-hall stage decorated with a painted backdrop and gold arches. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in orange dhoti and orange shawl holds a tiered silver lamp stand toward the altar. Behind him, a seated man in orange robes sits beside a purple-clad figure. On the right, two ornately garlanded deity murtis in red and gold sit on a decorated dais with fruit and offerings on plates. Centre back, a gold throne-like seat holds a framed portrait of a saffron-robed man with a turban and a small seated figure in white at its base. Priests perform a puja.2013-12-26A photo of a temple ritual beside a gilded deity murti decorated with garlands in red, yellow, white and purple. A man in a rust-coloured dhoti with gold borders and a bare upper body stands at left, reaching to hand a wooden staff wrapped with white and red flower garlands to a bearded elder in a saffron-orange robe at centre. The elder has long white hair and beard and holds the garlanded staff. Behind them, a younger man in a rust dhoti with a white forehead mark stands with hands folded, and another man in saffron stands further right. Brass vessels and banana offerings sit at the lower edge near a silver peetha.2013-11-05