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Photo inside a temple shrine showing a dark stone deity murti of Murugan-style form with a tall ornate crown, multiple arms and a yellow shawl draped over its shoulders, seated beside a second murti decorated with a pink silk cloth and white jasmine garlands. A man with long, swept-back grey hair wears a saffron-yellow robe and performs a blessing gesture with his raised right hand toward the pink-draped murti, while a woman in a purple shawl and white flowers in her hair stands to the right. A brass bowl with white flowers and a kalasha-like vessel sits in front, with pink petals scattered nearby. A man in a light yellow robe assists at the left edge. The wall is golden yellow.

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November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14A temple ritual scene in front of a dark stone murti of a multi-armed deity seated on a pedestal, draped with a red and gold cloth and yellow sashes, with a gold necklace and an ornate crown. Beside it stands a smaller red-clad metal murti garlanded with white flowers. A priest on the left wears a white turban, bare chest, rudraksha mala and white dhoti, and holds a ritual object over a red lacquered box with a brass pot. A man in the centre has white ash markings and bare chest, and a woman in a maroon sari and gold earrings stands behind them. On the right, a bare-chested priest with a mala presses his palms together. Brass bowls with flowers and offerings sit on a red cloth in the foreground.2021-11-14A person with short, closely cropped hair and glasses, wearing a bright yellow top and orange-yellow wrap, stands at left making an offering at a black stone deity murti. The murti has multiple arms, a tall ornate crown with a radiating halo, a silver and red necklace, and wears a red and gold patterned sari. Brass oil lamps, marigold flowers and small brass bowls sit on trays before it, against a golden wall and red curtain. Puja offering scene in a temple shrine.2021-03-06November 14 20212021-11-14Photo 66788512022-06-11 +1 copiesA woman in a maroon shawl, seen from behind with her hair in a bun, adorns a black deity murti seated on a blue and pink silk draped throne in a gold-framed shrine niche. The deity wears jeweled crowns, a layered gold and stone necklace, earrings, and holds a lotus and kalasha-like objects in multiple hands. Beside it stand white and painted statues of deities in gold and purple garments, with gold curtains behind and a brass plate on the floor.2021-12-17Photo 99226942022-07-09 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine with a gold ornate arch framing dark stone deity murti on a teal backdrop. A central standing deity wears a tall crown with a peacock feather, a trident in hand, gold jewellery and a pale green dhoti, with yellow and pink garlands. To the right, a female deity murti wears a yellow sari, pink garlands and gold ornaments. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at left, his arm raised as he anoints the central murti. Brass vessels, a copper cup, a brass oil lamp and scattered flower petals sit on the altar ledge.2024-02-11Photo 82890602022-06-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a small temple shrine room with a red wall-curtain and yellow walls. A bare-chested priest in white ritual cloth and rudraksha malas stands at a red wooden puja table scattered with pink petals, lighting or offering something with a devotee woman in an orange-and-green sari and gold jewellery. Around the table stand several devotees: a woman in a pink blouse and blue sari with flowers in her hair, a man in rudraksha beads, and a man at the left edge. Two black stone deity murtis dressed in red silk and garlands stand at right, one with a decorated yellow shawl. Brass kalasha, a coconut, a brass bowl and a spoon sit on the table. The priest's face is not clearly identifiable and no printed name is visible, so no candidate is identified.2021-11-14KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/29/20212021-01-29