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A temple puja in progress on a red-and-orange floor covering. A man seated on a low wooden platform, bare-chested, wearing an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a tilak on his forehead, holds a flame or lamp toward a small decorated murti. Beside him a woman in a red sari with a green blouse sits with hands folded in prayer. On the right, larger deity figures in colourful silk saris are adorned with gold necklaces and flower garlands. In front of the murti are a silver plate with red and white flower petals, brass bowls, a small kalasha-style vessel and a silver cup. Partly visible on the left, another seated devotee wears orange robes.

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April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsPhoto inside a temple shrine room. A man with bare chest and orange saffron dhoti sits on a red mat, leaning forward to pour or offer from a small brass cup over a flower-decorated deity murti or abhishekam setup. A woman in red sari with bangles and a rudraksha-style necklace sits beside him holding a flower garland. A young man on the left wears red robes and a rudraksha mala with white markings on his face. Brass plates with flowers, a brass bowl, and a lit oil lamp sit on the red cloth in front. Colourful silk drapes and decorated deity figures fill the background.April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsApril 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsFour people sit on low wooden platforms on a red mat in a temple shrine performing a puja. On the left a man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and tripundra marks reads from an open book. Beside him a younger man in red and saffron cloth with white forehead marks sits with hands folded. A shirtless man in orange dhoti and shawl, wearing bangles and a necklace, holds a small bell and a metal cup over offerings. On the right a woman in a green blouse and purple-red sari sits behind a flower-garlanded silver object. Brass plates hold flowers, fruit and bowls in the foreground, and gold and red deity figures and garlands fill the background shrine.April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsApril 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsApril 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsApril 2008 - Kailaasa In LA EventsA photo inside a temple shrine with a decorated altar of deity murtis draped in red and gold garments and marigold garlands. Four people sit on low wooden seats on an orange mat for a puja: a man on the left in saffron robes with white tilaka and a rudraksha mala presses his palms together in prayer; a shaved-headed man in saffron with a bare upper body holds a long brass handle over a fan-like yak-hair chamara near a tray of flowers and offerings; a woman in a red sari with a red dot sits beside, and another woman in a red sari sits to the right. Silver bowls and a plate of flower petals sit on the floor in front. Several deity figures stand behind, including one in red with a trident and crescent crown.Indoor temple puja scene at a Hindu temple. A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged on the left, holding a small ritual implement and attending to a small seated deity figure dressed in an orange and purple silk sari with a jewelled headpiece. Behind him, a woman in a red dress and a man with white forehead markings sit watching. Three larger deity murtis in colourful saris and garlands stand on a blue-draped platform behind. Foreground shows brass bowls, a plate of flower petals and garlands, and a kalasha-like vessel on a red mat. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person by appearance.April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA Events