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A photo of three people seated on the floor at a puja set up on a striped woven mat with a pink yoga mat in front. A smiling man on the right wears an orange turban, a cream kurta with embroidered neckline and khaki trousers, and a face mask. Beside him a woman in a pink and cream saree with gold bangles and glasses, also masked, sits with her hands near a phone. A young girl in a gold embroidered dress with beaded necklaces, glasses and a raised peace sign sits in the centre. In front of them are silver plates with pink rose petals, a brass lamp, a small bowl, a green cloth with offerings and a tiered brass lamp stand at left. Folding chairs and a red trolley stand against the wall behind.

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Indoor puja gathering seated on a green floral mat in a room with a cabinet, fire extinguisher and storage boxes. A man in a blue kurta with white dhoti, forehead tilak and beaded mala smiles and gestures with a thumbs-up beside a woman in white and a woman in a pale pink skirt. Brass plates hold flowers and offerings, and a brass deity murti and flowers sit on a table at the left. A girl in a red dress and a woman in magenta stand or sit at the right, with a seated man in a white shirt at the left.2020-10-24KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/17/20212021-10-17KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/4/20222022-10-04 +1 copiesIndoor group photo at a KAILASA Melbourne gathering: a large seated statue of a guru-like figure in a black headpiece, ornate orange and green dress, and layered white and multicolored flower garlands sits at the centre, with a silver-toned hand raised in blessing. Around it, a crowd of adults and children in saris, salwar kameez, kurta and casual wear sits or kneels on a pink mat, several smiling and posing. A man in a grey shirt and white dhoti stands at left, and brass plates with offerings, flowers and small lamps lie in the foreground. A puja or Jayanthi celebration setting with a visible statue, not a living person.2021-12-28Indoor Navaratri puja in a room with red walls and a row of red-and-black shoes stacked on shelves at left. A family sits on a patterned mat before brass oil lamps, trays and a flower-decorated plate. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and gold necklace sits beside them. A ceremonial deity murti stands on a yellow-draped platform with a framed portrait above, and a man in a light blue shirt stands at a small table with lamps and offerings. Two women in saris sit at right, and a laptop with a Toronto label sits at left. Seven people are visible in the photograph.2020-10-17 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/24/20202020-10-24KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/10/20212021-10-10 +1 copiesKAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 4/17/20212021-04-17KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/22/20212021-06-22KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 4/21/20212021-04-21A photograph of a home puja in a room with mustard-yellow walls. A woman in a pink and gold sari kneels on a red floral rug, tending a tray with an oil lamp and a brass plate of fruit near a row of small food bowls. Five people sit behind her with palms pressed in anjali: a woman in a cream sari, a young man in white, a young man in a cream kurta, a woman in a cream sari, and a woman in a white top with a mala. Several wear face masks. Behind them is a shrine with decorated deity murti, garlands and a plaited peetha. A television on the right shows a discourse with a portrait of a seated figure in orange and garlands, and a robed figure with a crown appears on the right side of the shrine area. a person presence is unclear from appearance alone.2021-12-28A 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.2020-12-13