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Indoor temple scene with a tall black stone murti of a deity with a red crown, Vishnu-style tilak, ornate gold necklaces, blue and red garments and multicolour flower garlands, standing beside a smaller black murti with a purple turban and garland. In front, rows of brass kalasha pots topped with coconuts, dressed in red roses, yellow roses and white flowers, sit on an orange cloth with a gold-bordered textile. Bags of offerings are at lower left, and yellow walls, maroon drapes and an exit sign frame the room. No people are visible.

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April 17 20222022-04-17April 17 20222022-04-17 +1 copiesA temple shrine display of two deity murtis decorated for Devi Meenakshi puja. On the left, a smaller female murti in a green and gold sari with a large silver-toned necklace and a green parrot figure at her shoulder stands beneath a copper arch hung with yellow and red marigold and rose garlands; white flowers and rose arrangements sit before her in copper pots. On the right, a dark-faced standing deity wearing a gold crown, pearl-like necklaces and red garlands holds a gold staff in his raised hand, framed by an ornate gold arch with a carved bull relief. Red and orange drapery hangs behind, and a brass oil lamp and a brass bird-shaped lamp stand at right. No people are visible.2022-09-28 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 5/4/20212021-05-04A photograph of a temple shrine during a worship ceremony. At center stands a golden-faced deity murti of a goddess, dressed in a golden-brown sari and heavy jewelled necklaces, wearing an ornate crown and framed by garlands of white flowers, pink roses and red blossoms, with yellow marigold strands. Beside her, two brass kalasha-style pots hold pink and white roses. In front, a further decorated murti or image wears a gold and jewelled ornament with yellow and red flower garlands. A large black-faced deity murti with a tall crown and pink and white garlands stands in the background against gold-embossed panels. Orange cloth covers the altar. At the lower right, a hand holding a bell or lamp and a person in white clothing are partly visible.2022-10-02 +3 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 12/25/20202020-12-25Photo 82839212022-11-30 +7 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 9/28/20222022-09-28 +1 copiesPhoto 82905632022-10-02 +3 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 9/29/20222022-09-29 +1 copiesA priest in white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl sits cross-legged on the floor of a temple shrine, bare-chested with a sacred thread, holding a handbell and a small lamp over a puja arrangement. Before him, a dark deity murti stands in a green and gold sari-like garment draped with red and white flower garlands, with an arched gold prabhavali behind it. Brass pots, a kalasha, gold oil lamps and brass bowls of offerings sit on orange cloths. To the right, a larger dark murti in an ornate crown and jewelled silver ornaments stands in an arched niche with red cloth. Behind it hang a patterned yellow and blue textile and a maroon curtain. The scene shows a puja offering in progress.2022-09-28 +1 copiesPhotograph of a temple shrine decorated for Navaratri with deity murtis. In the foreground, a female deity murti in a green silk sari with gold border and heavy silver-gold jewellery and a crown stands in a gold arch wreathed with orange marigold and red rose garlands, flanked by copper kalasha pots filled with red and white roses and white flowers. Behind it, a dark-skinned standing deity murti with a tall crown, holding a staff and wearing layered white and red flower garlands and bead necklaces, stands in a gilded arch before a red-orange draped backdrop. A brass oil lamp and a brass bird figure sit at the right on a dark floor. No people are visible.2022-09-28 +1 copies