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Devotees stand with palms pressed together before a shrine decorated with marigold garlands and a pink-orange backdrop. Three ornately dressed deity murti sit on a platform, with a lion figure beside the right one. A priest in a white dhoti with bare upper body and a sacred thread stands with folded hands at centre-left. Beside him a woman in a dark blue-and-orange sari and a man in a white shirt holding a phone stand among others, including a woman in a maroon sari and a girl in a red dress at lower left. Offerings of fruit and flower garlands lie on the floor in front, along with brass lamps and a small ganesha murti with marigolds at lower right. The scene suggests a puja in progress.

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A photo of a Lalitha Maha Tripurasundari puja in a temple room with pink and yellow walls. Three deity murtis sit on a raised altar decorated with flower garlands, including a central figure in a gold and blue dress. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and rudraksha mala, seated at right, holds a small bell or ladle near brass vessels, while a woman in a purple sari adds items to the puja. Other women in blue and teal saris sit on the floor, and a shirtless young man sits at far right. Kalasha vessels, oil lamps, coconuts, fruit and framed pictures decorate the room.2020-10-20KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/22/20212021-06-22A photograph of a puja inside a yellow-walled room with deity murtis behind a red-and-green cloth backdrop, wrapped in marigold garlands. Seated on red and maroon mats, a woman in a teal-blue sari with gold bangles sits beside a girl in a green and blue dress with a red-tasselled hair tie. At right, a shirtless man in white dhoti with a mala sits in front of a smiling woman in a gold-patterned kurta. The central altar holds a decorated murti with oil lamps, a kalasha, a brass bell, plates of bananas and fruit, and a small brass lamp in front of it.2020-12-13KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/24/20202020-10-24Indoor puja in a temple room with yellow and pink walls and garlands of marigolds hanging from the ceiling. Three large deity murtis with crowns and flower garlands stand on a raised platform at the back. In front, a devotee in a teal sari with a flower in her hair sits on a striped mat beside a lit brass lamp and a brass pedestal, while a woman in a purple sari and a woman in a blue-green sari sit with folded hands. A man with bare upper body and a white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands at right holding a brass bell and a lamp. Brass plates of fruit, including pomegranates, bananas, apples, grapes and coconut, lie on the floor in front of them, with flower petals and kumkum. Ritual items such as a plate of flowers and a small bowl of vermilion are placed on the mat.2020-10-20KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/10/20212021-06-10Indoor puja in a shrine room with marigold garlands and a pink-and-orange backdrop. Three large deity murtis in ornate gold and red garments stand on a raised platform at left. In the foreground, a woman in a green-and-gold sari sits on a mat reading from printed pages. Another woman in a pink patterned dress kneels at a small gold image of a deity, with a brass puja plate of fruit, flowers and sweets. A bare-chested man with a sacred thread sits cross-legged on a purple mat, and a man in white kurta sits at right. Brass plates of offerings, a gold kalasha-style vessel and wall portraits of saints complete the scene.2020-10-18KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/29/20212021-10-29A puja in progress before a shrine with three large deity murti, the central one golden-robed and crowned, flanked by two others, all garlanded with white and orange flowers. In front, a small brass murti sits on a golden base with fruit and flower offerings on plates. A woman in a red blouse and gold-and-green sari sits cross-legged at left, holding a text. A woman in a pink-and-white print kurta pours liquid from a small vessel toward the offerings, while a shirtless man in a white dhoti sits beside her and another person kneels nearby. Pink lotus, brass lamps and kalasha-like vessels surround the altar, with a bright pink and yellow wall behind.2020-10-18A photograph of a temple shrine room with yellow walls and a maroon floor covering. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red mala sits cross-legged at left, tending a puja with a brass plate and offerings. A woman in a maroon kurta kneels at centre, bending over a black stone Ganesha murti on a yellow stand. Behind them three decorated deity murtis stand under marigold garlands, with a small deity on a throne at centre. Brass lamps, a kalasha, fruit, coconuts and a decorated palanquin-style frame fill the right side. Garlands hang on the yellow wall with a row of diyas.2021-11-23A puja in a small shrine room decorated with pink and yellow walls and marigold garlands. Two standing deity murtis, one crowned and garlanded in gold and blue, stand behind a red-and-gold throne. On the left a man in orange robes with a white tilak and dark rudraksha mala stands with hands folded in prayer. A woman in a green-and-gold sari holds an oil lamp near the murtis. A woman in a teal sari rings a bell, while a woman in blue sari and a man in lilac-blue dhoti kneel beside a tray of fruit, coconut halves, flowers and brass bowls on a striped mat. Around 7 people are visible.2020-10-20A Navaratri puja at a temple-style shrine with three deity murtis seated on a throne, adorned with garlands of marigolds and red flowers and ornate silver-toned jewellery. A young girl in a gold and cream dress stands in front with palms pressed together. Two women kneel on red and gold cloths: the woman on the left in a white sari holds a brass oil lamp, and the woman on the right in a blue top sits beside a second brass lamp. In the foreground, a decorated murti dressed in an orange cloth and a tray of rose petals and flowers sit near lit oil lamps and a small brass pot.2020-10-23