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Two women kneel on a dark granite floor in a temple shrine performing a lamp ritual. The woman on the right wears a red blouse with gold border and a red sari, holding out her hand toward a tall brass multi-wick oil lamp with lit flames. The woman on the left, in a cream sari with red blouse and a rudraksha-style bead strand, reaches toward the same lamp. Brass ritual implements, a brass bell, a bowl with a pink flower and a trident-like brass object sit in the foreground, with a garlanded deity murti and a wooden table behind them.

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October 16 20082008-10-16A photograph of a large group of women seated on the floor of a hall performing a ritual with small brass oil lamps and brass vessels. Most wear saffron and rust-red sarees with rudraksha malas and white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Several hold lit oil lamps or brass cups, and brass plates with pink flower petals and small offerings sit before them. Behind them, more devotees sit among red draped curtains and a golden deity murti near the top right. One woman in a white saree with an orange shawl at left gestures with her hands.2014-04-09April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsA photograph of a ritual lamp being lit in an indoor shrine area. In the foreground, a figure with long, swept-back dark hair and bare upper body wears an orange-saffron wrap and a gold necklace, reaching with the right hand toward the top of a tall brass oil lamp (nanda vilakku) with a bird-shaped finial. A second figure in an orange wrap with a rudraksha mala stands at right, also reaching toward the lamp. Behind them are a small golden bowl, a steel cup on a wooden stand, a wooden carved frame, and a person in a red patterned sari seated in the background.2007-11-09A photograph inside a temple shrine decorated with marigold and multicolored flower garlands. A woman in an orange sari holds a small metal bowl and gestures toward a woman in a blue patterned sari who stands with two young boys, one in a red shawl with gold border. A woman in a red sari with gold border holds a small bowl, and a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala holds a silver ceremonial vessel. Brass oil lamps stand on a shelf before a deity murti. The scene suggests a ritual offering or puja, with participants holding bowls and silver vessels.2008-10-15A man in saffron-orange robes with a red border and a gold chain stands before a golden canopied palanquin decorated with red and white flower garlands and peacock feathers. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other, performing aarti. Beside him, a woman in a grey-green sari with a red beaded necklace smiles and watches. A gold kalasha, plates of fruit including bananas, oranges and apples, and flowers sit on a red mat at the foreground. Behind them, a man in white dhoti attends and a deity murti is draped in silk cloths in orange, white and maroon. Other statues stand in the background.2008-10-15July 06 20152015-07-06October 23 20082008-10-23November 22 20132013-11-22November 09 20072007-11-09A 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 large group seated on the floor in a temple hall during an arati or lamp-offering ritual. Front row includes a woman in white sari with gold border holding a lit oil lamp, a woman in green and gold sari with a rudraksha mala, a shirtless young man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holding a lit lamp, and a bearded older man with rudraksha mala holding a lamp. Behind them many men in saffron/orange garments with rudraksha malas and forehead markings sit on mats, some with white body paint or tilak. Brass bowls and small lamps rest on a green cloth before them. No individual is identified as a person by appearance.2019-01-01