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A shaved-headed priest stands bare-chested in a white dhoti with a yellow border, holding a lit brass oil lamp in his right hand and a brass handbell in his left during a temple puja. He wears a patterned face mask, glasses, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, a red bindi, a dense multi-strand rudraksha mala, and a large silver pendant with a small framed portrait. Behind him, golden deity murtis and gold ornaments stand in the shrine, with masked devotees seated on the floor at the lower left and right. The scene shows a group worship ritual.

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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04Photograph of a temple ritual indoors. A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold borders, bare-chested with white ash markings and rudraksha malas, kneels and holds a brass lamp with a lit flame, wearing a blue surgical mask. Behind him a second man in a white dhoti with gold waistband stands with palms joined in namaskar, also masked and with white markings on his chest. Gold-finished deity statues stand behind them, a dark bronze figure is at left, and small gold figures with a gold pyramid-shaped stand, petals and brass bowls sit in the foreground beside a large dark stone basin. The page does not indicate a person's presence, and no candidate is identifiable, so the setting reads as a priest performing a lamp offering.2020-07-04A bald, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and a rudraksha mala stands before three white deity murti in gold crowns and blue, purple and red garments, holding aloft a lit brass oil lamp with a bird-shaped finial while ringing a brass handbell in his other hand. He wears a patterned face mask and a wristwatch, and has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and shoulder. Gold and purple draped altar cloths frame the shrine.2020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/26/20192019-10-26KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 7/22/20212021-07-22KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/15/20192019-07-15Photo 82891552022-09-30 +3 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual in an indoor shrine. A shaven-headed priest, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala, raises a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a golden murti. Beside him a second priest with grey hair, also bare-chested in a white dhoti with gold borders, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, with white ash markings on his chest and arms. Both wear blue surgical masks. The golden standing figure is a deity murti, and a black stone lingam pedestal stands at right with a red curtain behind. Dark statues and a gold-framed arch fill the background.2020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/31/20192019-12-31 +3 copiesNovember 14 20212021-11-14KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/7/20212021-01-07