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A photograph of devotees seated on the floor of a plain whitewashed room during a worship gathering. A bare-chested man with a white cloth around his waist and a white face mask sits at left near a doorway, holding a rudraksha-style mala. Women in saris, including a woman in red with palms pressed together in namaskar, a woman in a blue sari with hands folded, and a woman in a pink sari wearing a blue face mask, sit in rows. A small child is visible at lower left. No visible candidate for a person is present; the scene shows only devotees in a simple prayer room.

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A small bare-walled room with a white tiled floor hosts an evening puja. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands at right, holding a lit aarti lamp with several flames toward a seated group. Around a dozen devotees sit on the floor, many wearing face masks; a woman in a red saree with flower garlands sits at lower left, a woman in green and purple sits near the doorway, and a woman in a blue saree sits at right. Several men in shirts and masks stand in the open doorway behind them. Brass items, including a lamp and a small vessel, rest on the floor at lower right.KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 3/11/20212021-03-11A photograph of a devotional gathering inside a small orange-walled hall with a golden arched shrine. At the shrine, a priest with bare upper body and white dhoti stands facing the deity murti decorated with flower garlands, with oil lamps before it and a portrait in an ornate frame on the right wall. Several seated devotees in saris, including a woman in blue and red, a woman in a green-and-yellow sari and women in orange and mustard tones, sit on the floor with hands joined in prayer. A woman in yellow and patterned skirt stands at the right near the portrait, and children sit on the floor among offerings and fruit on mats.Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a warm wood-panelled hall. Several people sit on a floor mat with hands joined in anjali mudra, eyes closed. A woman in white with a rudraksha mala sits in front; a woman in a blue and purple sari and a girl in green sit nearby, and a man in orange stands at the left by a low seat. A standing figure in white with long dark hair and a white garment stands at the right near a shrine with flower arrangements and framed photographs on the wall. Children in bright clothes also join in prayer. Two people wear face masks. Multiple people are visible.2021-11-04A dim indoor photo of an Anna Daan food offering. A standing person in an orange saffron robe bends forward, serving food from a steel vessel onto leaf plates laid on the floor. Several seated people, including children and adults in colourful saris and salwar, sit cross-legged along the floor eating. In the background on a raised altar, a seated figure in orange and gold ornamental clothing sits beside a framed portrait, and a floral-patterned curtain hangs at the left.2024-08-09KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/10/20212021-10-10 +1 copiesA seated group of about twenty adults and children sits on woven mats and striped rugs inside a red-walled building at night, facing forward and listening to someone out of frame. In the foreground a man in a blue t-shirt and grey trousers sits near a woman in a yellow-and-white sari holding a tablet. Beside them a woman in a red patterned kurta sits cross-legged. Behind them a man in a saffron-and-beige cloth and white face mask sits near a door, and several people wear face masks. Women wear saris and kurtas in yellow, red and navy, with bindis and sacred ash marks on some foreheads. A window and white cabinets are visible at the back.2021-06-03Kailasa avadi july 23 2021October 02 20082008-10-02A photograph of a large hall with a glossy white marble floor where many women sit in rows on the floor, holding lit oil lamps and small diyas toward a white deity murti seated at left under a red draped backdrop. Most women wear sarees and salwar-style dress in bright colours including green, teal, pink, red and yellow, while a few wear white. Brass and clay oil lamps sit on green leaves on the floor in front of them, with flowers and offerings visible. Several men in white and in pink and yellow shirts sit toward the back right of the hall near pillars, and wooden cabinets stand along the back wall.2024-10-10October 16 20122012-10-16Indoor photo in a plain white-walled room at an ashram-style centre, with people gathered near a pillar and a doorway. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at left holding a steel vessel. Several women in saris, including orange, blue and peach tones, some wearing face masks, stand close together, one handing an object to another. A boy in a yellow and red t-shirt stands at right foreground. An older woman in an orange-and-yellow sari stands at right, and a person in a blue top kneels near the wall beside brass vessels on the floor. No a person is visible in this frame.