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Photograph of a shrine at a KAILASA event in Los Angeles. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, a grey face mask, rudraksha malas and a white dhoti with gold border stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar before deity murtis. A dark-faced deity murti wears a gold crown, gold ornaments and multiple garlands of red, orange and white flowers, and beside it a painted figure in a purple and gold headdress is also garlanded with red and white blooms. A gold arched frame and green velvet backdrop surround the shrine, with a red curtain behind. Gold jewellery and a colourful garland sit in the foreground.

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