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A photograph of a temple ritual in a hall with maroon curtains and striped decorative pillars. A priest with a shaved head and white tilak marks, wearing a blue shawl over white dhoti and a face mask, holds a small brass vessel and gestures toward a woman in a pink sari and gold jewellery who holds a silver plate of fruit. Beside them a bare-chested man in a white turban with a gold garland and beaded necklace stands watching, and another woman in a purple sari stands behind. Bananas, oranges and flower petals are on the plate, and a deity statue stands in the background.

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November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14Indoor ritual scene in a bright hall with fluorescent ceiling lights and a yellow-orange wall backdrop. On the left, a bare-chested priest with long dark hair and a face mask, wearing a white dhoti with a blue-patterned border, a rudraksha mala, and white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest, holds a hand toward a lit aarti tray. Beside him, a woman in a yellow and purple sari holds a brass plate of flaming oil lamps. Center, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and gold beaded necklace presses his palms together. On the right, a smiling man with a multicolored headcloth and a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded in anjali mudra. Green mats cover the floor, and other devotees stand in the background.2021-11-14Indoor temple puja in a yellow-walled shrine room. Three deity murtis stand behind an altar, one adorned with garlands of white and red flowers. A priest in an orange-saffron shawl with a rudraksha mala and a long-haired central figure in orange and white clothing sit before a tray of offerings, including fruit, green leaves, flowers, brass vessels and oil lamps. A woman in a gold-and-cream sari with gold jewellery sits at left, and a woman in a purple sari with gold border pours or offers from a vessel at right. A man in a white dhoti sits in the background at right, and another man in white stands behind at left, photographing.2021-06-22November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14A temple puja in an indoor shrine room with deity murtis garlanded with flowers on a raised blue-draped altar behind. In the foreground a seated shaven-headed man with long matted hair, bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti and orange cloth, holds a brass plate out with his right hand. A woman in a yellow blouse and orange-bordered sari sits on a white cloth at the left, reaching toward the offerings. A standing woman in a yellow and red sari, with a red shawl over her shoulder, holds a brass lamp aloft beside the offering table. The low table holds brass plates of bananas, apples, oranges, a coconut-like fruit, flower petals, kumkum and brass bowls, with a small lit oil lamp. A small seated figure in the left corner, a second person's hand at right edge. A rug with red and white patterns lies beneath. Ritual scene consistent with a puja or aarti offering.2024-11-10KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/22/20212021-06-22