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Inside a temple shrine with red curtains and gilded arch, a priest in saffron cloth stands barefoot with his back to the camera, facing a large altar of deity murtis. Central figures are a Shiva murti holding a trident wearing a crown and rudraksha-style necklaces beside a goddess murti in pink with garlands. Flanking statues, one in green and gold and one in a dark robe with a saffron turban, have raised hands and yellow marigold garlands. A Shiva lingam draped in green cloth and flower garlands sits in the foreground on a silver-edged pedestal, with a green-clad small murti beside it. The priest wears a face mask and white markings on his arm.

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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/30/20212021-01-30A temple shrine photographed from the side, with a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl standing at left, facing the altar, one hand raised and holding a small vessel, his head shaved with a dark braid at the crown and white sacred markings on his arms. Before him stands a dark Shivalinga draped in a teal cloth with a gold emblem, wrapped in yellow and white marigold garlands and adorned with gold and beaded necklaces, with a blue cloth and small offering vessels in front. Behind it, gilded deity murtis of a seated couple in pink and red finery and a bearded attendant in orange-brown clothing with gold necklaces stand before a deep red curtain and an ornate golden arch. The scene reads as abhishekam or puja at the moolavar shrine with garlanded murtis.2021-01-13KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/2/20212021-01-02KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/27/20212021-01-27KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/9/20212021-01-09KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/31/20212021-01-31KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/12/20212021-01-12Photograph inside a temple shrine. A priest in an orange saffron wrap and white face mask bends forward, pouring yellow liquid from a brass pot over a black lingam set on a dark peetha. Behind the lingam stand gold-coloured deity murtis with garlands of yellow and white flowers, one with a trident, a crowned female murti in pink, and a bearded figure on the right in maroon clothing. A red curtain and ornate arch frame the scene, with a small brass lamp and a tiny figure at the base of the altar.2021-01-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/24/20202020-12-24A priest in an orange cloth, bare-shouldered with white sacred markings on his arm and back, performs aarti with a brass lamp before a shrine. Central deity murti sits on a pedestal wrapped in pink and magenta cloth, with white and yellow flower garlands and gold ornaments, flanked by standing devotional figures with gold crowns and garlands, one wearing a red turban. Red curtains and gilded arch frame the shrine. The priest wears a face mask and a black turban.2021-01-18A photo of a temple shrine with a worshipper in the lower left, seen from behind, with long dark hair, white horizontal tilak strokes on the arms, and rudraksha beads on the wrist, holding a lit multi-flame oil lamp over a black Shiva lingam decorated with red and white flower garlands, a jewelled green and white vastram and a green silk cloth. Behind the lingam stand golden deity murtis: a figure with a golden crown and rudraksha necklace, a goddess in a pink sari with garlands, and a standing figure on the right in a rust-coloured turban and shawl with a bearded face and layered beaded necklaces. Red curtains and a gold arch frame the shrine, with a small green-robed murti at the right base. The worshipper performs an aarti offering.2021-01-28A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a shirtless man in a white dhoti and blue cloth over his shoulder pouring water from a vessel over a black lingam on a black pedestal. Behind the lingam stand golden and painted deity murtis: a central Shiva and Parvati pair with crowns, trident, and garlands, flanked by two standing figures, one with long dark hair and jewelled ornaments and one bearded figure in a maroon turban and rudraksha-style beads. Marigold and multicolour garlands hang on the figures, and small brass vessels and a golden shrine sit at the base. Red drapery forms the backdrop. The scene shows abhishekam being performed on the Moolavar.2021-02-01