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Two women sit cross-legged on a white cloth on a patterned carpet, performing a puja. The woman on the left wears a grey-beige patterned kurta with red trousers and a red-and-white floral face mask, holding a small bowl and pressing red petals onto a copper plate. The woman on the right wears a pink kurta with a pendant necklace and a pink mask, placing red petals on a silver tray holding a small gold deity murti or shrine. A plastic bag of red flower petals sits between them, with small steel bowls nearby. Behind them a green-clad figure and a television are visible.

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A photo of women seated on a white cloth performing a puja in a temple room with yellow walls and blue-green patterned carpet. A woman on the left in a green dupatta and a red and gold embroidered lehenga wears a yellow face mask and red bangles. Beside her, a woman in a teal kurta with a white dupatta and a navy face mask arranges items on a round metal thali. Plates hold red flower petals, rice, and small bowls, with a red and gold book beside them. Steel bowls and a brass lamp stand sit to the right, and a deity altar with brass lamps is visible at the upper left.2020-11-13Indoor photo of a Lakshmi puja set up on white cloth spread over a green patterned carpet in a yellow-walled room with a red curtain. Five women sit on the floor: a woman in a white sari with red border at right rings a handbell and holds a small lamp beside a decorated deity murti on a pink and red cloth, while four women in colourful salwar kameez and face masks sit with palms joined in namaste or holding brass plates of red flower petals, a brass thali, and small oil lamps. At right a long red-covered table is laden with rows of small bowls of food, sweets and fruit.2020-11-13KAILASA OKLAHOMA, USA on 11/13/20202020-11-13A photo taken in a bare indoor hall with yellow walls, a dark red curtain and brass oil lamps at the left edge. Five women in face masks stand in a row on a white cloth, facing right with palms pressed together in namaste. The woman at right in a teal kurta holds a lit lamp on a tray over a spread of puja items: flowers, small bowls, plates of fruit and sweets, and a decorated kalasha-like offering. Other women wear pink, green and gray-patterned salwar kameez. The scene suggests a Diwali-season puja, with the women in prayer and the lamp offering central.2020-11-13KAILASA OKLAHOMA, USA on 11/13/20202020-11-13Women sit on white cloths on a green-and-yellow patterned carpet in a temple hall during a Lakshmi puja. Five women are visible: a woman in a red and green outfit at far left, a woman in beige and pink in front-left, a woman in a pink salwar with a yellow mask, a woman in a green and red sari, and a woman in teal with a white shawl. Most wear face masks. In the foreground, a woman in a cream sari with a magenta border bends over a tray. A pink-draped deity murti sits on a low wooden altar at left, surrounded by brass plates of fruit, sweets, bananas and bowls of offerings. A flat-screen TV on the back wall shows a colourful image, and a tiered brass stand and lamps stand against the yellow wall.2020-11-13Two women sit cross-legged on a red-and-patterned rug, arranging orange marigold petals from small green-rimmed plates for an offering. The woman on the left wears a red striped top and red shawl with a red bindi, and the woman in the centre wears a pink shawl and pink top with a dark wrist band. Both wear red bangles. A lit oil lamp, flowers and garlands sit on an orange-draped altar to the right, and a partly visible person in orange clothing sits at the right edge. Brass items and empty white plates lie on the floor.2021-04-20Four women in face masks stand in a carpeted hall performing a Lakshmi puja for Diwali. The woman in the foreground wears a red kurta with green trim and holds a metal plate of lit diya lamps toward a white cloth on the floor, where brass and steel bowls, kumkum, and small offerings are arranged. Behind her, a woman in a teal salwar kameez with a white shawl holds her hands together in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with a red border rings a handbell. To the right, a long red-draped table holds rows of fruit, sweets, and food in small bowls beside a decorated deity murti on a brass stand. Maroon curtains and yellow walls frame the room.2020-11-13KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 8/9/20192019-08-09Photo 99218112022-07-13 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/6/20212021-10-06Five women in festive Indian attire perform a Lakshmi puja in a carpeted hall with yellow walls and a ceiling fan. In the centre, a woman in a green and gold saree holds a lit lamp or aarti flame, while the others stand with palms pressed together in namaste, some wearing face masks. A large trident with a braided rope and an orange decorated stand sit at left. On a white cloth in the foreground, a red cloth holds banana, fruit, and many small dishes of sweets and food, with a deity murti or decorated figure in the lower right and a pink-draped image behind it.2020-11-13