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Indoor ritual scene in a book-lined room. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold borders stands holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand, rudraksha beads draped across his chest and a pendant necklace visible. Beside him a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari sits cross-legged on the wooden floor, a thin red line drawn on the floor in front. Behind them an older man in white sits on a chair, and a brass plate with offerings and a small lamp lie on the floor at right. Shelves hold religious books and stacks of pamphlets, and framed photographs line the top of the wall.

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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 2/17/20192019-02-17A seated puja in an indoor hall with a mat floor. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest with a tilak on his forehead and a sacred thread sits cross-legged, offering with one hand over a brass lamp. Beside him, men in white dhotis and a woman in a white sari with a gold border sit before lit oil lamps, brass plates, flowers and a banana leaf with offerings on a striped cloth. Behind them, more seated devotees and framed deity pictures hang on the wall.A photograph of a homa ritual at an open-sided temple structure with gold and red draped cloth. A shirtless man with a white and gold-bordered head cloth and white dhoti with gold border stands at left, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace, a rudraksha mala and red-thread bracelets, while he holds a brass hand bell in his right hand and a lit brass oil lamp above the fire pit. Behind him a brass arch frames a deity murti decorated with white and yellow flowers and garlands. In front, a raised mud fire pit burns with flames and is scattered with red flower petals. Brass lamps stand on either side of the altar. The man has white markings on his arms and chest, showing a priest performing the Sudarshan homa fire ritual.2025-12-30Indoor home temple shrine in Kailasa Dhumbarahi, Nepal. A woman in white sari with a shawl, red bindi and gold bangles sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside her, a shirtless man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala and red tilak holds a lit camphor flame toward a gold-ornamented deity murti decorated with pink and orange flower garlands. Behind them hangs a printed portrait of a smiling bearded man in saffron turban and garlands, and a green and red cloth banner. Red drapery and brass vessels fill the background.2021-04-21A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with gold border and a white head cloth with gold edging stands before a shrine, holding a lit oil lamp in both hands toward a deity murti decorated with white and green flower garlands and a white cloth. He wears a gold necklace and rudraksha malas on his arms and chest. Behind him are golden carved arches, red and yellow draped fabric, and a small fire burning in front of the shrine, with brass lamps at the right. The setting suggests a puja or aarti at a temple shrine.2025-12-30A seated man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a bare chest performs a puja on a green mat in a hall with yellow walls and wooden flooring. He wears a rudraksha mala and holes a stick of incense over brass lamps, a small brass kalasha, flower offerings, banana leaves and a small wooden shrine with a shivalinga-like object on an orange cloth. Behind him, many other devotees sit on mats, some bare-chested in white dhotis and some in white shirts, with a few women in saris and chairs along the wall. A timestamp reads 21 Dec 2025 8:27:28 pm, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.2025-12-21December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06Inside a temple hall, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala around his neck holds a brass lamp or arati plate in his right hand while walking past a black stone Nandi in the foreground. Behind him an ornate gold arch frames a green backdrop with red-clad deity murtis on the left, and a brass lamp stand and decorated flower garlands hang along the walls. The scene appears to show a ritual such as aarti or puja.2024-08-31A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a white head cloth with yellow stripes stands beside a fire pit during a homa. He wears a long gold-coloured bead necklace and holds a brass bell in his right hand while raising a flame-lit oil lamp. Behind the fire pit, a golden canopy with carved gold trim and red and gold drapes frames a small altar with a lit oil lamp, marigold garlands and a deity face image. Red flower petals are scattered on the orange fire pit wall and a bright fire burns in the pit. The priest is a single person in the scene, and the photo shows an active Sudarshan homa ritual.2025-12-30A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala around his neck performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before a carved wooden statue of a seated saint in orange robes with a crown-like headpiece, ornate necklaces and a folded-hands gesture. Brass oil lamps stand on a gold-brocade covered table, a small framed photo sits at the base, and orange marigold garlands hang on the wall beside framed portraits: one shows a smiling man in saffron, the other a saffron-robed figure raising a staff against a mountain backdrop. A printed paper notice on the wall asks visitors to write their name on a cup.2021-10-29December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19November 05 20122012-11-05