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A Navaratri Saraswathi puja in a room with pink and orange walls decorated with marigold garlands. Two standing women with arms outstretched, one in a white saree with a red bindi and one in a blue t-shirt and dark floral pants, face a deity murti on a throne draped in red and gold, with a young girl in a gold top kneeling between them with hands folded. A brass oil lamp burns on a stand in front, and a seated devotee in gold bangles at lower left reads from a book. Flower-decorated murtis and rose petals fill the foreground, with a deity murti in orange cloth and a silver tray of petals at lower right.

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A Navaratri puja at a temple-style shrine with three deity murtis seated on a throne, adorned with garlands of marigolds and red flowers and ornate silver-toned jewellery. A young girl in a gold and cream dress stands in front with palms pressed together. Two women kneel on red and gold cloths: the woman on the left in a white sari holds a brass oil lamp, and the woman on the right in a blue top sits beside a second brass lamp. In the foreground, a decorated murti dressed in an orange cloth and a tray of rose petals and flowers sit near lit oil lamps and a small brass pot.2020-10-23Indoor photo inside a gold-toned temple hall at Sripuram, with a gold lattice screen and gilded pillars behind. A standing priest in orange cloth performs a puja before a seated goddess murti draped in a red-and-gold cloth and garlanded with white flowers. Four devotees sit on the floor on woven mats around brass and silver plates of flowers, fruit, oil lamps and offerings: a woman in a white sari with green blouse, a woman in maroon and gold, a woman in white with yellow blouse, and a young boy in a gold-patterned shirt. A woman sits on the left with a mobile phone on the floor nearby. Brass lamps and a potted plant complete the scene.2022-02-05A 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.2020-12-13Indoor puja at a temple shrine with three seated participants on a mat before deity murtis draped with garlands. A woman in white with a microphone on a stand reads from paper at left. A woman in a yellow and green sari with a rudraksha mala sits beside her with hands folded. A bare-chested priest with long hair and a white dhoti stands at center, tending a brass plate of kumkum, flowers and offerings. Behind them, large decorated deity statues in green, blue and pink saris with crowns and garlands stand on a raised platform, and oil lamps flank the altar.2019-08-09Indoor temple puja in a shrine room decorated with gold-framed pictures, flower garlands and small deity figures. A seated priest in white dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala watches from the back. Three women in saris sit on the floor around a brass yantra or small temple structure and a red cloth with offerings: a bowl of kumkum, fruits, grapes and flowers. The woman on the left wears a red blouse and grey-silver sari; the centre woman wears a magenta sari; the woman on the right wears a red sari. A large seated deity murti with a red and orange garment and yellow flower garlands is at the centre, with oil lamps nearby.2021-07-09 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 7/21/20212021-07-21A puja in progress before a shrine with three large deity murti, the central one golden-robed and crowned, flanked by two others, all garlanded with white and orange flowers. In front, a small brass murti sits on a golden base with fruit and flower offerings on plates. A woman in a red blouse and gold-and-green sari sits cross-legged at left, holding a text. A woman in a pink-and-white print kurta pours liquid from a small vessel toward the offerings, while a shirtless man in a white dhoti sits beside her and another person kneels nearby. Pink lotus, brass lamps and kalasha-like vessels surround the altar, with a bright pink and yellow wall behind.2020-10-18Women seated on the floor of a gilded temple hall perform a puja before three deity murti shrines framed by gold arches and a gold lattice screen. Shrine figures wear green, red and pink silk and garlands. In front of them, a green cloth holds a lamp and flowers. Women in green, blue and maroon saris, one in white, sit around platters of bananas, flower petals, kumkum, coconut and sweets. Two young girls in green and pink sit among them, and a red-carpeted altar stands at the back.KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/6/20212021-10-06Devotees stand with palms pressed together before a shrine decorated with marigold garlands and a pink-orange backdrop. Three ornately dressed deity murti sit on a platform, with a lion figure beside the right one. A priest in a white dhoti with bare upper body and a sacred thread stands with folded hands at centre-left. Beside him a woman in a dark blue-and-orange sari and a man in a white shirt holding a phone stand among others, including a woman in a maroon sari and a girl in a red dress at lower left. Offerings of fruit and flower garlands lie on the floor in front, along with brass lamps and a small ganesha murti with marigolds at lower right. The scene suggests a puja in progress.2020-10-24KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/10/20212021-10-10 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/16/20202020-10-16