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Overhead photo of a room set for a Guru Purnima offering. Three women sit on the wooden floor at low puja trays holding small brass lamps and offering items; one wears yellow, another an orange-brown top with a patterned shawl, and the third a peach-coloured outfit. Brass thalis and small bells sit on red cloths before them. Along the left, a red-draped table holds fruit, mangoes, grapes, dragon fruit, sweets, rice dishes and packaged snacks, with lit candles. A wooden rocking chair, brick wall and a laptop showing a screen are in the background.

KAILASA Taiwan Taiwan Taoyuan City 333 on 7/13/2022

2022-07-13 +1 copies

Women seated on the floor in a temple hall performing a Varalakshmi Vratam puja. Several women in saris sit in a row behind brass-and-wood low tables holding decorated kalasha pots topped with yellow flowers and red cloth, with fruit, bananas and brass lamps. A woman in a white sari with a red border and rudraksha mala, and a woman in a yellow sari with orange shawl, perform hand gestures. A phone on a tripod records the scene. A deity murti draped with yellow flower garlands stands at left and a dark wooden shrine above, indicating kumkum archana puja.

Women seated on the floor of a temple during a puja, with brass offering plates of fruit, sweets and white flowers in front of them. Three women in the foreground wear saris: one in green and maroon with glasses, one in blue with a rudraksha mala and a small brass bell, and one in purple with a smile. Behind them, tiered wooden shelves hold rows of small cups and bowls, and decorated deity murtis and garlanded figures stand against gold draped curtains. Other devotees sit in the background and a photographer is visible. No person is identified as a person in this image.

OTHER - MY KAILASA IS NOT IN THIS LIST on 6/20/2021

A multi-panel collage of a Varalakshmi Vratham puja at a KAILASA centre. Devotees sit on striped woven rugs in white saris and white kurta-style clothes, with rudraksha malas and flowers in their hair, performing rituals beside brass plates of rose petals, lit oil lamps, fruit, sweets and marigold and red flower garlands. A woman in a white sari with a flower-decorated bun pours from a vessel near a decorated deity murti with garlands. A man in a black top sits with hands joined among the participants. The panels show the ritual in progress, though some people are visible only in part.

A photograph inside a hall with wooden floor and red-cushioned chairs where a puja is being performed seated on woven mats. In the foreground a bare-chested man in orange-saffron dhoti wears a long rudraksha mala and sits with hands folded near brass plates of flowers, a conch shell and offerings. Three women in saris sit beside him: one in orange and cream, one in red with a white forehead mark and beaded necklace, and one in blue with a pink blouse and glasses. Brass lamps, kalasha-style vessels, fruit, betel leaves and flower garlands lie on the floor. At the back, a seated figure in orange with rudraksha and garlands sits on a decorated throne with offerings before gold curtains and red triangular emblems, with bookshelves at left. Four women and one man are visible.

Two women sit cross-legged on a striped mat in a room with yellow walls, surrounded by brass plates of fruit and flowers. The woman on the left wears a turquoise salwar with gold embroidered sleeves and holds red berries. The woman in the center wears a white blouse with a maroon sari and a red bindi, holding a bunch of grapes. A brass plate of red and yellow flowers, sliced fruit, oranges, bananas and a small brass lamp lies on the mat, with a silver goblet and tissue box nearby. Framed pictures hang on the wall behind them and a person in red and gold sari is partly visible at the right edge.

Indoor shrine room with yellow walls where devotees perform a naivedyam offering before deity murtis decorated with marigold garlands and gold-colored garments. Several golden deity figures stand on a raised platform on the left, one crowned and holding objects. A woman in a white top and red cloth kneels on a red floral mat, arranging a large spread of fruit, sweets, and small bowls of food on banana-leaf-style trays and plates. Oranges, a green coconut, and brass lamps sit among the offerings. In the foreground, two devotees with folded hands face the altar; one wears a pink top. A small shrine on the right holds smaller deity images and a decorated framed picture.

KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 6/7/2022

2022-06-07 +3 copies

KAILASA SINGAPORE on 4/27/2021

A photograph of a puja in a temple room with yellow and pink walls and three large deity murtis draped in garlands on an altar at the back. A man on the left wears an orange kurta and rudraksha mala and sits on a blue mat with his hands folded. A woman in a yellow sari kneels in the centre arranging offerings on a striped rug, beside plates of fruit, sweets and brass lamps. Seated women in purple, teal and yellow saris and a man in white kurta sit on mats around the offerings, while a child in a blue dress sits near the front. Silver thalis, a brass kalasha and flowers are laid out on the floor.