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Five women in festive Indian attire perform a Lakshmi puja in a carpeted hall with yellow walls and a ceiling fan. In the centre, a woman in a green and gold saree holds a lit lamp or aarti flame, while the others stand with palms pressed together in namaste, some wearing face masks. A large trident with a braided rope and an orange decorated stand sit at left. On a white cloth in the foreground, a red cloth holds banana, fruit, and many small dishes of sweets and food, with a deity murti or decorated figure in the lower right and a pink-draped image behind it.

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A photo taken in a bare indoor hall with yellow walls, a dark red curtain and brass oil lamps at the left edge. Five women in face masks stand in a row on a white cloth, facing right with palms pressed together in namaste. The woman at right in a teal kurta holds a lit lamp on a tray over a spread of puja items: flowers, small bowls, plates of fruit and sweets, and a decorated kalasha-like offering. Other women wear pink, green and gray-patterned salwar kameez. The scene suggests a Diwali-season puja, with the women in prayer and the lamp offering central.2020-11-13Four women in face masks stand in a carpeted hall performing a Lakshmi puja for Diwali. The woman in the foreground wears a red kurta with green trim and holds a metal plate of lit diya lamps toward a white cloth on the floor, where brass and steel bowls, kumkum, and small offerings are arranged. Behind her, a woman in a teal salwar kameez with a white shawl holds her hands together in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with a red border rings a handbell. To the right, a long red-draped table holds rows of fruit, sweets, and food in small bowls beside a decorated deity murti on a brass stand. Maroon curtains and yellow walls frame the room.2020-11-13KAILASA OKLAHOMA, USA on 11/13/20202020-11-13KAILASA OKLAHOMA, USA on 11/13/20202020-11-13Indoor photo of a Lakshmi puja set up on white cloth spread over a green patterned carpet in a yellow-walled room with a red curtain. Five women sit on the floor: a woman in a white sari with red border at right rings a handbell and holds a small lamp beside a decorated deity murti on a pink and red cloth, while four women in colourful salwar kameez and face masks sit with palms joined in namaste or holding brass plates of red flower petals, a brass thali, and small oil lamps. At right a long red-covered table is laden with rows of small bowls of food, sweets and fruit.2020-11-13Women sit on white cloths on a green-and-yellow patterned carpet in a temple hall during a Lakshmi puja. Five women are visible: a woman in a red and green outfit at far left, a woman in beige and pink in front-left, a woman in a pink salwar with a yellow mask, a woman in a green and red sari, and a woman in teal with a white shawl. Most wear face masks. In the foreground, a woman in a cream sari with a magenta border bends over a tray. A pink-draped deity murti sits on a low wooden altar at left, surrounded by brass plates of fruit, sweets, bananas and bowls of offerings. A flat-screen TV on the back wall shows a colourful image, and a tiered brass stand and lamps stand against the yellow wall.2020-11-13A group photograph inside a temple hall with gold-painted carved pillars and a golden arched shrine framing a deity murti decorated with red garlands. Many devotees stand in front of the shrine holding brass plates of fruit, offerings and small lamps. Women wear saris in green, pink, red, yellow and orange, and a few men wear white dhoti. A boy in white kurta and a girl in red dress stand near the front. A table holds banana leaves, bowls and fruit offerings. No person is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd, so no candidate is marked.2024-12-10KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/1/20212021-08-01KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 7/14/20222022-07-14 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 5/22/20222022-05-22 +1 copiesA photograph inside a gold-toned temple shrine room at KAILASA Toronto. A deity murti dressed in pink and adorned with a flower garland stands in a gold arched niche with a red backdrop, with small figures beside it. In the foreground a red-clad altar table holds brass plates of fruit, flowers, sweets and a kalasha-style offering, with brass lamps. A man in a white dhoti and saffron-shawl-free white attire, standing at left, reaches toward the altar while a woman in a navy sari with a yellow border assists. A woman in a pink sari with a green blouse offers a tray, another woman in a green sari stands center, and an older woman in a red sari with a mala waits at right. A man in a dark jacket holds a potted plant on a brass tray at right edge, and a hand holding a tray is visible at lower right. Ritual puja offering scene.2024-12-10A group of about eight women in saris stand around a low table in a temple hall, reaching together toward a brass plate of offerings. Their saris include a purple and blue one, a green and gold one, an orange one and a teal one. Behind them, a large golden Nataraja statue dances beside a row of seated deity murtis, and a decorated altar with fruit, lamps and flowers stands at right where a woman in orange sits. The table holds bananas, oranges, pineapple, apples, coconuts, a bowl of grains and a brass tray with a lamp, consistent with a puja offering.2024-09-10