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A seated priest bare-chested with a white dhoti bordered in gold performs a puja at a temple altar. He wears a face mask and holds a lit multi-wick brass aarti lamp toward a platter of offerings. Three small yellow and pink decorated kalasha-style figures with flower garlands sit on a red-draped altar, with gold-framed shrine niches and deity murtis behind. Brass plates hold bananas, apples, mangoes, a pineapple, dates and rice, and marigold petals and leaves are laid on a low wooden stand. Gold lamps and a bell are nearby.

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A seated priest with a shaved head and bare chest wears a white dhoti with gold border and a face mask, holding a lit oil lamp over an offering tray during a Satyanarayana puja. Three painted clay-style deity murti or decorated forms sit on a red cloth before an altar with carved white pillars. Behind them stand ornate deity statues in gold frames, garlanded and dressed in colourful silk. Brass plates hold bananas, green apples, pineapple, mango, coconut, dates and rice, with flowers and betel leaves scattered on banana leaves. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha surround the scene.2020-06-30KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 6/30/20202020-06-30A photograph of a Satyanarayana puja in a temple shrine. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head, wearing a white dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on a red carpet wearing a blue face mask, facing a low wooden table covered with green betel leaves, brass lamps, a brass pot and bowls. Around him are fruit offerings: bananas, green apples, a mango and pineapple, along with pink and white flower garlands and coconut halves. Behind him three decorated kalasha pots with yellow and red cloth and fruit stand on a red-draped platform. Golden shrines hold deity murti, including a standing figure with a tall crown and a multi-armed figure in colourful dress. A camera tripod is visible at the right edge.2020-06-30KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 6/30/20202020-06-30A priest sits cross-legged on a leopard-print cloth in a temple shrine, bare-chested with a white dhoti edged in gold and a rudraksha mala around his neck, wearing a blue face mask and holding a flower. Before him is a wooden tray with brass bowls, a brass lamp stand, a kalasha-style vessel, scattered flower petals, green apples, bananas, mangoes and foil-covered plates. Behind him, decorated deity murtis stand in an altar with red drapes, garlands and gold arches.2020-06-30KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/14/20202020-11-14Indoor temple hall with a grey tiled floor and circular yellow and white painted lines. Behind the ritual area, golden arched shrines hold deity murtis, including a multi-armed figure and a standing figure with a crown, with draped gold-and-beige curtains around them. A priest in a bare upper body and white dhoti sits cross-legged at the front left, wearing a rudraksha-style garland and a black face mask, with a brass lamp and a bowl of red flowers before him. Another priest in white sits at a low wooden table, and a bald man in a white dhoti sits near the centre. Along a red-draped low table, many silver-foil-covered plates of offerings are laid out next to fruit trays of bananas, apples and limes. Two more priests in white dhotis work at the right side near a richly dressed deity. A woman in white sits at the centre back, and the scene shows an ongoing puja with oil lamps and offerings.2020-11-14Photograph inside a temple shrine during a puja. A seated priest with bare upper body, white dhoti, orange tilak and a gold lamp in his hands performs the ritual, while a second man in white dhoti with folded hands sits at the right edge. Behind them stand decorated deity murti figures adorned with fresh flower garlands, and a central figure is garlanded with red and white flowers in front of an orange cloth. Brass vessels, a kalasha, bananas, fruit, a bell and rose petals sit on an orange-cloth-covered floor, and a red and gold cloth hangs in the background.2022-10-01 +3 copiesPhoto 99231702022-09-27 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 9/30/20222022-09-30 +3 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 8/6/20212021-08-06KAILASA SINGAPORE on 8/13/20212021-08-13