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A shirtless priest with grey hair and a white beard stands at a home shrine in a yellow-walled room, holding a small brass lamp and a spoon while performing puja. He wears a white dhoti, a dark beaded mala and a pendant necklace. On the left, a large printed image of a seated figure in an orange turban and gold necklaces is decorated with marigold garlands and paper diyas. The shelf holds brass statues, a deity murti, small brass vessels and offerings on a tray. Framed pictures on the wall show a goddess seated on a lotus with a red background and a figure in orange robes. Tiles cover the floor.

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KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/30/20212021-06-30KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/30/20212021-06-30A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands at right in a yellow-walled room, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a small bell in his left, performing puja at a shrine. Sacred ash markings are on his chest and arms, and a rudraksha-style necklace hangs around his neck. On the left, an ornate arched shrine frame with garlands and small lamp decorations surrounds a painted image of a seated sage and brass deity figures on a white tiled altar, with brass vessels and a plate in front. Framed devotional pictures hang on the wall behind him.2021-06-21A bare-chested older man with a white beard and a white dhoti stands in a yellow-walled room holding a lit oil lamp aloft with his right hand and a small brass vessel in his left, performing an aarti. He wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant. On the left, a shrine altar draped with marigold garlands holds a standing deity murti with a crown and jewelled necklace, brass figurines, a kalasha, small plates of offerings and a dhoop vessel. Framed prints of a goddess with lotus motifs and two seated saffron-robed figures hang on the wall, with a patterned sofa at right.2021-07-01KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/27/20212021-06-27KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/21/20212021-06-21KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/18/20212021-06-18KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/18/20212021-06-18KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/30/20212021-06-30KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/28/20212021-06-28A priest in a white dhoti with a bare upper body kneels at a shrine on the right, holding a small lamp or ritual object over a row of lit oil lamps arranged on a tiled floor in front of a banana leaf. Behind him a white-marble-style shrine altar with a framed sacred image, flowers and garlands is lit by fairy lights, and a large carved arch frames a statue of a figure wearing an orange-red turban, a beaded necklace and ornate clothing, seated in a yellow-walled niche. The scene suggests a puja or aarti in a home or small temple room.2021-01-23A bare-chested older man with grey moustache and a sacred thread over his shoulder, wearing a white dhoti, leans over a white-tiled shrine table lit with oil lamps and offerings. He holds a small lamp or incense near the plates of food and sweets. The shrine holds golden and brass deity murtis, marigold and rose garlands, and steel bowls. Beside it, a framed portrait of a turbaned, bearded man in a red robe, pearl necklace and gold jewellery, hands folded, is on a yellow wall. The scene suggests a daily puja with alankar and neivedyam offerings. No a person candidate is present in person; the framed portrait is a depiction with uncertain identity, so the field is left as depiction.2021-06-19