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A woman in a blue sari and black face mask stands at left, holding a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame and incense sticks toward a shrine. Three dark stone murti of Lord Murugan with Valli and Devasena are dressed in orange, red, green and blue silks with gold trim and ornate jewellery. Murugan wears a tall gold crown and a jewelled necklace. Brass bowls and a tray of offerings, including turmeric and kumkum, sit on a glass table before a peacock-feather backdrop and red curtain. The scene shows Laghu puja and alankaram at a temple shrine.

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A photograph of a temple shrine honouring Lord Murugan with his consorts Valli and Devasena. The central black stone murti of Murugan has multiple arms, a jeweled crown, gold necklaces and an orange-gold dhoti, seated before a backdrop of blue peacock feathers. Two standing consort statues flank him, one in blue and red silk and one in red and green silk, each wearing tall jeweled crowns and floral garlands. Brass oil lamps hang from above. A hand from the edge of the frame holds a lit flame toward the central murti.2022-02-21KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 2/21/20222022-02-21A woman in a black face mask and blue blouse with a green and floral sari pours a golden liquid from a bowl over a dark stone murti of Murugan seated on a peacock, with multiple arms and a crown. Two dark stone attendant figures in yellow draped cloth flank the central deity, and the statues are smeared with yellow abhishekam residue. A backdrop of blue and turquoise peacock feather patterns and hanging brass oil lamps surround the scene, indicating a Skanda Shasti abhishekam at a temple space.2022-02-21KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 1/13/20222022-01-13KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 2/21/20222022-02-21A bare-chested priest with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala stands at left, extending a brass oil lamp toward a dark stone deity murti seated on a pedestal, draped in white and gold cloth with a gold crown and multiple arms. Two dark stone consort murtis flank it, wearing green-and-purple and red-and-gold silk saris with gold crowns and garlands. Behind them hangs a backdrop of peacock feathers in blue and teal, and brass oil lamps hang from above. Brass puja vessels and flower petals sit on a black tray in the foreground.2021-12-27KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/4/20222022-07-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a dark stone murti of a multi-armed deity seated on a peacock-like mount, draped in a yellow cloth with red-and-gold border, with a red tilak on the forehead and multiple raised hands holding weapons and objects. Two flanking dark stone figures stand on pedestals, dressed in red-pink draped cloth with garlands and small red marks. Behind them is a backdrop of blue and purple peacock-feather eye patterns. A hand with beaded bracelets holds an incense stick or lit offering toward the central murti. Red flower petals rest on the base and pedestal. The murti is a deity murti, a form of Murugan with peacock iconography.2022-07-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a dark stone murti of a multi-armed deity seated on a mount, draped in a yellow cloth with a red border, with a red tilak on the forehead. Two standing stone figures in red-pink garments and crowns flank it. A peacock-feather patterned backdrop in blue, purple and pink surrounds the shrine. A hand holds a lit oil lamp at the lower left, and red flower petals lie on the pedestal. This is a shrine setting with a lamp offering and no visible people in the scene apart from the hand.2022-07-04 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 5/15/20222022-05-15 +1 copiesNovember 14 20212021-11-14A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands at left with his back to the camera, raising one arm over a central deity murti of Lord Subramanya, a dark stone figure with multiple arms, dressed in a white and gold cloth and adorned with silver and red decorations. Flanking the central figure are two female deity murtis in green and red-gold saris with silver crowns, the group seated before a peacock-feather patterned backdrop. Brass oil lamps hang from above, and bananas, yellow flowers and a brass bowl rest on the altar tray below.2022-01-17