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A woman with short grey-streaked hair and a red bindi sits at a wooden table with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a white top and a maroon-and-purple shawl, with henna on her hands and gold bangles on her wrist. In front of her is a small figurine of a deity with a blue face and a red-and-gold cloth draped behind, next to a silver Nataraja-style figure and several brass oil lamps with lit flames, a brass cup and a small plate, and incense sticks standing at the right. The setting is a puja arrangement in a warm yellow-walled room.

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KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 11/21/20212021-11-21 +2 copiesPhoto 99231622022-05-27 +11 copiesA woman with her hands pressed together in anjali mudra sits at a wooden table during a home puja, seen through a video call window labelled chitranarayan. She wears a white top and a red-and-gold garment. On the table are oil lamps lit in front of a small figurine of a deity seated on a red cloth, a silver plate with offerings, incense sticks, a brass bowl and a small silver ritual implement, with a silver Nataraja-style lamp stand behind. The wall is yellow and a wooden chair stands at right.2022-01-06A three-panel video call screenshot of a remote satsang or puja. The upper-left panel shows a woman with a tilik on her forehead, hands pressed in namaskar, seated before a brass tray with lit oil lamps, a small seated figure of a deity murti with a crown, a silver ritual lamp, flowers and incense sticks. The upper-right panel shows only a tiny gold temple-shaped icon on a dark background. The lower panel shows a woman in a white top speaking, with framed prints of a bearded figure in orange and gold clothing and a deity image on the wall behind her. a person's presence is not visible; any depiction here is a printed portrait or murti, not a person.2022-05-25 +1 copiesPhoto 82857932022-06-01 +11 copiesPhoto 82885952022-06-07 +1 copiesSplit screen of two video-call frames side by side. Left: a woman with short light hair in a light blue top sits with hands pressed together in namaskar in a plain room. Right: a smiling woman with long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange-and-yellow shawl sits beside a home shrine with brass lamps, a small Shiva lingam with trident, a red-draped altar, a kalasha-style vessel and offerings. Two physical people are visible on screens, but they are in a video call rather than in the same room.2021-03-30A four-panel video call collage of women performing home puja with hands folded in namaskar. Top left, a woman in a purple and pink shawl sits before a small red-draped seat holding a murti of a seated saint in orange robes, with a lit oil lamp and a metal puja plate. Top right, a smiling woman with a red bindi and dark hair wears a yellow top in front of white vertical blinds. Bottom left, a woman with a red bindi and closed eyes presses her palms together before a shelf of framed pictures and a small altar with greenery. Bottom right, an older woman in an orange jacket and glasses folds her hands beside a tray of brass puja items and lamps. Four physical people are visible across the screens.2021-04-04A four-panel video call collage showing devotees joining a puja from home. Top-left, an older woman with hands pressed in anjali sits before a small shrine with a red-draped deity murti, brass lamps and lit oil lamps. Top-right, a smiling woman with a red bindi and blue top sits beside an altar with brass kalasha vessels, a bell, flowers and lit lamps. Bottom-left, a man in a white shirt and a bearded man in red-orange clothing sit with hands in anjali, a white dog between them, with brass lamps in front. Bottom-right, a smiling woman with a red bindi sits before a warm-lit wall. Panels are screen captures, so the people shown are on screens.2022-02-02A smiling older woman with grey hair pulled back, wearing a cream and yellow sari, a red bindi, and layered rudraksha and bead necklaces, sits in the left foreground of a screenshot-style video frame. Behind her on a red and gold draped table is a framed portrait of a seated man in an orange turban and orange robes, garlanded with white and red beads, flanked by marigold flowers and a lit oil lamp, with a fruit and a small kalasha-like vessel beside it. A red banner at the bottom reads KAILASA INDIANA USA.2026-10-07KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 2/8/20222022-02-08A two-panel collage of two smiling women. The left panel shows a woman with grey-streaked hair in a mustard and red embroidered garment, palms pressed together in namaste against a golden desert pyramid backdrop. The right panel is a selfie of a woman with grey hair, a red bindi and glasses, wearing a pink top and a dark floral garment with a beaded necklace, standing before a home altar. The altar holds framed pictures, small brass and gold figures, a lit lamp and a portrait with a garland, and a sepia-tinted figure in red and orange draped cloth is partly visible behind her.2022-01-21