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Five women stand in prayer with palms pressed together before a temple shrine with a black Shivalingam draped in a blue cloth and beaded necklace. A brass lamp with a lit flame and offering plates with flowers sit on a low table in front. Behind them stand golden deity murtis with halos and staffs, and a dark statue on a red-orange backdrop, with a golden arch and garlanded altar to the right. The woman at left wears a red saree with gold border, the woman at center a white saree with orange top, and another wears a pink saree. A woman at right in a lilac sari holds a brass vessel. No person here is identified as a person.

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Indoor temple photo with bright orange walls. In the centre, a woman in a cream and red-bordered sari with a red shawl leans over a brass puja tray set on a gold-patterned cloth, pouring or offering something near a silver vessel. To the left, a woman in a white sari with an orange blouse and a rudraksha-style mala stands with her hands clasped in front of her. On the right, a woman in a lavender sari presses her palms together in namaste. Behind them, a young man in a grey shirt stands by a doorway. Several black deity murtis draped with orange cloth and red beads sit along the back wall. In the foreground, a black Nandi figure is adorned with gold garlands and a pink flower, next to a black shivalinga. The scene shows a puja or abhishekam in progress.2013-03-10March 10 20132013-03-10Devotees perform a puja in a temple hall with orange-robed seated deity murti and standing gold-clad deity statues behind them. A woman in a beige sari with red border holds a brass tray of flowers and rice in the center. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a copper kalasha pot and wears a rudraksha mala. A woman in a lavender silk sari kneels at left holding a lit oil lamp, and a woman in a pink sari with a rudraksha mala stands behind them with hands folded.2013-03-10A temple interior photo during a puja. In the foreground a woman in a lavender silk saree with a red rudraksha mala holds a silver tray with both hands. Beside her a man in a white dhoti and white shirt, wearing a dark rudraksha mala, holds a copper kalasha pot. At left an older woman in a beige shawl with a red-bordered wrap stands with hands joined in prayer. Behind them three painted deity murti in golden garments and crowns stand against a red curtain, with dark seated figures in orange robes and red malas on a black altar at left. A brass lamp and gold-trimmed fabric appear at the right edge.2013-03-10April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsA photograph of a temple puja inside a shrine. A priest in plain white dhoti and shawl, with glasses and hair pulled back, holds a lit oil lamp toward a deity murti decorated with a red and white flower garland. Four devotees stand in a line with hands folded in prayer: a woman in a yellow sari with her head bowed, a woman in a maroon and gold-bordered sari, a younger person behind them, and a man in a cream kurta with a rudraksha-style mala and wristwatch at the right edge. Brass lamps, a brass vessel and a golden shrine platform are in view, along with a background of garlands and draped cloth. This is an aarti during darshan.A temple puja scene where a man in white ritual clothes with a rudraksha mala holds a copper kalasha vessel while a woman in a yellow blouse and red bandhani sari holds a brass plate of flowers and offerings. Behind them is a dark deity murti adorned with white flower garlands, red garlands and gold jewellery on a gold-draped altar, flanked by two gilded deity statues in yellow and gold robes with raised hands. A purple-clad person is partly visible at the lower left.2013-03-10KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 6/23/20192019-06-23Photo of a Shiva temple shrine room with a row of black stone deity murti seated in orange robes and rudraksha malas against an orange wall. A black stone Nandi bull on the left wears a garland of flowers and gold beads. Several women sit on a floor mat behind a table draped in red and gold cloth holding puja trays, a lamp and brass vessels, while another woman in a grey sari stands at right playing a small instrument. A man in a grey shirt stands at the far left. Foreground includes a black shivalinga coated in white abhishekam substance. Event appears to be a satsang puja.2013-03-10April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsPhoto inside a temple shrine room with black-tiled platforms and gold arched frames. Several devotees perform worship: a woman on the left in a green and red sari presses her palms together in namaskar; a woman in a red and cream sari holds a silver bowl and offering; an older woman in a green saree bends to receive or offer a flower near a kalasha-style bowl; a man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a silver tray of flowers and fruit. Behind them stand deity murtis including Rama-style figures with halos on the left, a black stone Shiva-type murti with a gold arch, and a dark deity murti with orange and red garments on the right. A small brass bell rests on a low black table.2011-09-09Interior shrine with several deity murtis in gilded arched niches and on a tiled altar platform, with brass oil lamps standing in front. Two women in orange saris stand at the left; one wears a floral garland and holds a silver bowl, the other in an orange robe holds a silver tray. A man in a white shirt holds a silver plate at the far left edge. A tall deity statue in orange and gold stands at the right under a gilded halo, and a silver-ornamented figure with a crown sits at the center.2009-11-04