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Two women sit cross-legged on a woven mat on a wooden floor, performing a puja. The woman in front wears an orange and cream printed saree with a pastel striped border and gold bangles, holding a small item over a brass vessel with a lit wick. Beside her, a woman in a magenta saree with a green and gold border and a forehead mark sits with hands together. Brass plates hold flowers, leaves and offerings, a brass bell and a lit oil lamp rest nearby, and incense sticks stand in a metal bowl. Bookshelves stacked with papers are visible behind them.

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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 8/9/20192019-08-09November 10 20122012-11-10A woman in an orange and white patterned sari kneels before a large brass multi-tiered oil lamp with several flames, lighting it with her right hand while another hand from the right holds the lamp's base. She wears a gold necklace, bangles and a vermilion dot on her forehead. A polished metal tray sits at left beside a small red matchbox, and shelves of stacked books stand behind her. Only the woman and the hand are visible as people; no a person candidate is shown.2022-01-10Indoor puja in a temple hall with a wooden floor and bookshelves along the wall. In the foreground, a bald, grey-haired priest with a rudraksha mala and bare chest sits in front of a small altar of flowers, lamps and offering plates, wearing an orange cloth. Behind him, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a shaved, marked head performs rites beside a flower-decked plate. Devotees sit on mats around the offerings: a woman in a red and gold sari with gold jewellery, a woman in a yellow sari, a girl in orange and pink, women in pink and orange, and men in white and blue shirts. A gold deity murti and ornate pillars stand in the background.2022-12-19Two women sit cross-legged on a red patterned carpet during a puja. The woman in front wears an orange silk saree, a rudraksha-style mala, and a white tilak with a red kumkum dot on her forehead, eyes closed in meditation. Beside her, a woman in a red bandhani saree with gold borders and a green blouse sits with hands clasped, also wearing a gold necklace and bangles. Brass puja vessels, a bowl of red roses, and marigold-yellow offerings lie in front of them, with more devotees seated behind.2019-08-09December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19Three women sit cross-legged on a woven mat on a polished reddish-brown floor inside a golden-yellow temple hall with carved pillars. The woman on the left wears a red saree and a maroon blouse with a pendant necklace. The woman in the centre wears a green saree with gold border, a magenta blouse, and glasses, and holds a pot. The woman on the right wears an orange saree with a magenta blouse and gold necklace and bangles, and arranges puja items such as small brass vessels and flowers on a cloth in front of her. A doorway with red drape and gold frame is visible at right. No a person candidate is visible.2022-01-21A large group of seated devotees performs a ritual in a hall with cream walls and a red curtain. Many young women and girls in saffron-orange saris with red borders wear rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, holding brass oil lamps and small plates of offerings. Older women in white and maroon saris sit among them, some holding lit lamps or cupped hands in prayer. Brass pots, small plates of fruit and flowers, and a wall painting of deities are visible. Smoke rises from a small incense or lamp at lower left.2013-11-20A photo of seven women seated cross-legged on the floor in a circle inside a temple hall with gold-painted carved walls and elephant reliefs. Women in saffron-orange, yellow and magenta, pale green and pink, white with a red border, and a red patterned sari sit close together, several with hands near a brass plate. A silver plate holds banana leaf offerings, fruit, sweets and a cup, and a brass lamp sits nearby. Behind them a green-draped table with flowers and a gold carved screen suggest a puja setting.KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 8/9/20192019-08-09December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19A photograph inside a hall with wooden floor and red-cushioned chairs where a puja is being performed seated on woven mats. In the foreground a bare-chested man in orange-saffron dhoti wears a long rudraksha mala and sits with hands folded near brass plates of flowers, a conch shell and offerings. Three women in saris sit beside him: one in orange and cream, one in red with a white forehead mark and beaded necklace, and one in blue with a pink blouse and glasses. Brass lamps, kalasha-style vessels, fruit, betel leaves and flower garlands lie on the floor. At the back, a seated figure in orange with rudraksha and garlands sits on a decorated throne with offerings before gold curtains and red triangular emblems, with bookshelves at left. Four women and one man are visible.2022-01-10