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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/6/20212021-01-06May 25 20132013-05-25Photo 11738530June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesDecember 26 20132013-12-26January 04 20152015-01-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/3/20212021-01-03Inside a temple, a man with long, voluminous curly hair and an orange saffron robe stands at right, back partly turned, pouring or applying liquid over a richly decorated deity murti. The murti is adorned with multicolour garlands of red, yellow, green and white flowers, a golden crown, a yellow cloth and a blue sash. Behind it stands an ornate gilded throne and a golden canopy with red-and-white fringed parasols. A framed portrait showing a robed figure in orange sits on the throne. At left, a younger man in an orange dhoti-style robe with a sacred thread stands beside a second parasol and offering vessels, with a multicoloured patterned hanging behind. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja ritual.2007-11-09A photograph inside a plain white-walled room showing a man in a long saffron-orange robe with long, wavy black hair and white paint on his arms, reaching up with both hands to place red and orange flower garlands on a large decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in green, red and white flower garlands and a red cloth, with a painted face and a crown-like headdress. Behind him stand two men in orange robes; the one on the left wears a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured necklace, and the one in the middle wears an orange shawl and beaded necklace. A brass vessel sits at the base of the murti. The man in orange appears to be performing a ritual garlanding of the deity. a person: the central figure has long, swept-back hair and saffron robes, performing the garlanding. Other attendants are visible at the right edge.2007-11-09A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron robe, a multi-strand ornate gold necklace and rudraksha beads, sits on a throne heaped with white jasmine petals, yellow marigolds and red roses, with large garlands behind him. A man in a white shirt bows low with his head pressed to the flowers before the throne, while the seated figure smiles and raises one hand in blessing. Probable Swamiji, the seated figure, is distinguished by the long hair, saffron robe and gold ornaments, and is being honoured by a devotee at a flower-decked dais.2012-07-03A photo of a seated ritual in a temple sanctum with silver-clad pillars. A figure in saffron-brown robes with a gold-bordered dhoti, a yellow and white flower garland, a tilak on the forehead and gold armlet sits cross-legged and offers flower petals from a brass plate onto a deity murti. The deity wears a red and magenta silk cloth draped over a large yellow marigold garland and a gold crown. A second man in a light brown shawl and white dhoti stands at right holding petals. A brass kalasha and small oil lamps sit on the floor with yellow flowers.2014-02-01November 25 20182018-11-25