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A young girl in an orange top, seen from behind with long dark hair, raises a brass dhupa or incense vessel with smoke rising toward three large black stone murti statues. The central deity murti has four arms, a tall crown and a green dhoti-like garment, standing on a plinth; flanking statues wear white garments with gold borders and have tall conical crowns. The setting is an outdoor stone platform with grass, wooden fencing, trees and a blue sky with clouds. This shows an offering of incense during worship.

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Photo 82853292021-02-26A four-panel collage of a temple abhishekam to a black stone deity murti, labelled METROPOLIS 01/17/2025. In the top-left panel a young girl in an orange blouse and orange skirt pours liquid from a pot over the murti's head. The top-right panel shows the liquid streaming down the head and shoulders while the deity wears a brown-gold draped cloth with a yellow waist sash. The bottom-left panel shows the girl in orange holding a brass plate with a small lamp before the murti. The bottom-right panel shows the adorned deity with a white and red tilak, ornate gold and jewelled necklaces, and a blue cloth with gold embroidery against a green backdrop. The deity has multiple arms and a tall crown, and the figure is a murti, not a living person.2025-01-17A photograph inside a bare, pale-walled hall with a concrete floor. A young woman with a braid, wearing an orange blouse and skirt with gold border, a red-orange shawl draped over her shoulder and a rudraksha mala with a pendant, stands at right holding a brass plate with a small lamp or offering and a handbell in her other hand. In front of her is a row of dark stone deity murti figures and carved backing slabs set on a black stone base, with a small brass bowl of offerings at its edge. A wooden chair and a double door are visible in the background. A timestamp reads 07-Jun-2025 10:52:33 AM.2025-07-06KAILASA MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA on 2/16/20222022-02-16A young girl in a blue shimmering blouse stands from behind, raising a brass incense burner (dhupa) with smoke rising toward a dark stone shivalinga draped in white cloth with a red and green border. The linga has three horizontal white ash lines painted on it, a white cloth wrap and a garland of white and red flowers at its base. The outdoor setting has dry golden grass, a wooden fence, eucalyptus-style trees and a clear blue sky, with a concrete platform beneath the altar.2022-01-10A photograph of a temple shrine with a black stone deity murti seated before a green patterned cloth and gold arch. The murti has multiple arms holding ritual objects, a tall crown, a white vertical tilak, and is adorned with a large ornate silver-and-gold necklace, orange-red and green silk garment. A person in an orange robe with a white-and-beaded neck cord stands at lower left holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp toward the deity. Brass vessels sit on the floor at lower right. A date and location caption is overlaid at the bottom.2025-02-15A woman in an orange blouse with a long plait and a black beaded necklace stands from behind, holding a brass plate with offerings toward a row of three dark stone murtis, each with red-marked faces and draped in orange, white and pink cloth. Blue ribbons hang between them on a raised stone platform in an empty hall with pale walls, a small brass pot, and a shrine with painted deity figures in the background. A timestamp reads 07-Jun-2025 11:46:08 AM with a location label for Kothainatchiarpuram Road, Pudupalaiyam, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.2025-07-06A photograph of a woman in an orange dress with gold-bordered hem performing puja at a black stone sculptural arrangement of deity murtis on a raised black stone platform. She wears a rudraksha-style mala and a small round pendant, holds a small bell in one hand and a brass plate in the other, and bends toward the murtis. A small bowl of offerings sits at the platform's edge. Behind them is a bare hall with pale green walls, double wooden doors, a window and a small standing figure on a stand. A timestamp in the lower right reads 07-Jun-2025 10:52:38 AM.2025-07-06A young girl in an orange sleeveless dress with a gold-bordered sash stands barefoot on a pale concrete pad, lifting a gold vessel high above her head to pour water over a large black stone Shiva linga on a yoni-shaped base. The linga is glossy and wet, with horizontal bands carved around its shaft. Dry golden grass, a wooden fence and eucalyptus-like trees sit behind under a cloudy sky.2021-02-22 +1 copiesOutdoors under a partly cloudy blue sky, a bare-chested male priest in a cream dhoti with a red-and-gold patterned cloth wrapped at his waist pours liquid from a small metal vessel over a black stone deity murti. The central multi-armed murti stands on a black pedestal, holding a staff and other objects, with a rudraksha-like ornamentation on its chest. Beside it, two smaller black stone figures in saffron-orange shawls stand on their own bases, and a black carved arch with a canopy frames the left side. Green trees and hills appear behind, with a blue building at the back. The priest is performing abhishekam, the ritual bathing of the deity. A red-and-white striped base is visible at the bottom edge.2026-02-04KAILASA Adikailasa AK On 3/8/20252025-03-08 +2 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 12/4/20212021-12-04