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Indoor photo in a room with a patterned red carpet and cream walls. A man in a white short-sleeved dotted shirt, grey trousers and glasses stands barefoot with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and upper cloth, with a beaded mala, holds a red book in a white box. Behind them are orange marigold garlands, a framed oval portrait, a long orange-draped table with books, and folding white chairs.

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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/19/20222022-10-19Photo 82863392022-10-15Photo 99212082022-10-19KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/19/20222022-10-19 +3 copiesTwo men stand on a marble-floored lobby of a building with a patterned carpet and a wall-mounted brass bell. The man on the left wears an off-white kurta, white dhoti with a gold border, a long dark hair bun, a rudraksha-style mala and holds a printed sheet. The man on the right wears a red kurta, white dhoti with a red-gold border, glasses, and holds a small booklet and a wicker basket of green apples and red flowers. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind them and office furniture is visible through glass doors.2022-10-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple or ashram gathering under a corrugated roof decorated with green leaf garlands and painted pillars. A man in orange saffron robes with gold borders and a red bindi, with long swept-back hair, offers his hand in blessing to a devotee in a white shirt with hands pressed together. Beside him, another saffron-robed man with a red-bordered wrap holds an orange tray with folded papers. Several devotees in shirts and jeans queue behind a steel railing, and a woman in a yellow garment stands near the back. The probable Swamiji cues are the long swept-back hair, saffron robe with gold borders and tilak, and he is the person giving blessing to the devotee at the railing.2009-12-19January 18 20242024-01-18Two men stand facing each other in a temple-like hall, exchanging a small offering across a decorated altar. The man on the left is bare-chested with a white dhoti bordered in gold, wearing rudraksha beads and gold-framed glasses, and he holds a brass plate. The man on the right wears a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers and reaches to receive it. Behind them stands a seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha garland and a red headpiece, positioned before a large painted backdrop of a deity pair seated on a throne with red-and-yellow garlands. A portrait at the left shows a smiling man in orange with a flower garland, labelled with Tamil text. Green leaves, flowers and a brass lamp sit on a blue cloth with gold trim on the altar.A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits on an orange-draped throne wearing a sleeveless saffron/orange garment and a red bindi-style mark on his forehead, smiling as a kneeling man in a white-and-brown striped kurta with glasses clasps his hands. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a forehead mark, which are the qualifying cues. The kneeling devotee holds his hands. The seated figure rests bare feet on an orange cushion with a brown mat. Behind them are brass lamps, a kalasha-style brass pot, a wooden box, an orange floor cloth and a deity murti decorated with garlands and a purple cloth. A person in pink sits at the right edge.2010-06-27A indoor photograph in a room with white walls and a dark tiled floor. On the left, a man in an orange-yellow turban and saffron robes stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a white shawl with silver trim and a flower garland. To the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti-style wrap with a rudraksha mala stands at a table draped in pink and gold cloth, holding a silver plate and offering a decorated item. Behind them, a wall shows a small framed picture and a poster, with a yellow and red decorated altar piece nearby. A person in a light shirt stands partly visible at the far left edge.Two men stand in a marble-floored lobby beside a staircase and a wooden lift door set in black-and-pink striped stone. The man on the left wears white dhoti and shawl with a maroon border, round glasses and white vertical tilaka; he holds a gold booklet. The man on the right wears a white dhoti with gold border, a white shawl, a rudraksha mala and white markings on his arms and chest, and holds the other side of the booklet. The booklet bears a printed title reading United States of KAILASA. Above the door hangs a framed panel of eight devotional images of deities and seated saints. Both men are barefoot.2024-02-12January 31 20242024-01-31