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Photograph inside a small room with a tiered white-draped display of colourful deity murtis and figurines. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and glasses waves a lit oil lamp toward the murtis. Behind him, a large printed poster of a smiling man with a rust-red turban, gold garlands and ornate gold necklaces stands beside a framed portrait garlanded with orange and green flowers. A small table holds framed photographs and a red-hand print. A television and a fan sit nearby.

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KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/6/20212021-10-06KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/2/20212021-07-02A priest with a bare upper body and white sacred markings on his arms and chest stands at a home altar, bending forward to ring a brass bell and handle an offering plate. Behind the altar is a large printed portrait of a smiling bearded man in a red-brown turban, ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha-style beads, seated with one hand raised, set against a bright yellow wall decorated with lit diya-shaped lights and flower garlands. The altar holds brass and gold figurines, a brass pot, a framed image of a deity with a trident, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a bowl of orange sweet offering, and scattered blue flower petals.2021-06-22A photograph of a bare-chested man in a white dhoti performing a Navaratri golu display, holding a lit flame or lamp toward a tiered arrangement of painted clay dolls and deity figures on white-draped steps. A brightly coloured Hindu deity figure with blue skin stands at the top right, and a gilded multi-armed deity murti sits at left beside a framed picture. A seated figure in a red and gold turban, garlanded with flowers, is among the dolls at centre. Tiered shelves hold lotus-seated goddess figures in pink, green and yellow, and a small rath or chariot-shaped doll rests at lower right. A green shoot with yellow flowers sits in the foreground. The man is the only physical person visible.2024-03-10A photograph of a home shrine altar with a yellow backdrop. A bare-shouldered man in the left foreground leans over the altar to make offerings. Centre back is a large cut-out or printed image of a seated figure with a red and gold turban, multiple gold and bead necklaces, a gold pendant, and red-orange robes, hands in a blessing gesture; the page does not establish that this depiction is a person, so no identity is asserted. Before it stand small statues: a Shiva-form figure with trident, a goddess in yellow sari, a gold-toned Ganesha relief at left, a golden Lakshmi-type figure at right, and a framed deity image in the lower left. Brass bowls hold offerings, a lit oil lamp, a brass pedestal lamp, a plate of flower petals, incense sticks, and a red-lidded jar, with a marigold garland hanging at the right edge.2021-07-02A priest in a cream dhoti and a rudraksha mala stands at a home shrine with a bright yellow wall, bending forward to offer worship with a lit flame and oil lamps on a white tiled altar. Behind the altar, a large printed portrait of a figure in a red turban, a pearl and gold necklace and a red-brown garment is framed by a decorative arch with red and orange flower garlands and small colourful lamp stickers. The altar holds a copper-framed picture, brass lamps, a kalasha-like pot, metal plates with offerings, a small brass cup, and several small deity figurines in blue and gold. The scene shows an alankar and neivedyam puja in progress. The priest is a person in ritual dress, not the portrait subject, and the portrait is a printed depiction.2021-06-20A bare-chested shaved-headed man with a grey moustache and a white sacred thread over his shoulder bends over a home altar, lighting or tending an oil lamp. He wears a white dhoti-style cloth and a dark rudraksha-style mala. On the left, a large framed printed portrait of a figure with a red-and-gold turban, pearl necklaces and layered gold ornaments, hands pressed together, stands beside golden deity murti and flower garlands of red, orange and yellow. Brass bowls with offerings, marigold petals and small brass puja vessels sit on a white-tiled altar against yellow walls. The scene reads as a daily puja in a small shrine room.2021-06-19A small shrine room with pink walls, crowded with framed pictures and posters. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala leans over a brass tray table holding small copper figures and a lit oil lamp, gesturing toward it with one hand. Behind the tray, a large framed photograph shows a smiling figure seated with raised hand, wearing an orange-red shawl, rudraksha and gold necklaces, and a red-orange turban; the figure is a printed image, not a physical person. A standing figure in red-orange garments with rudraksha and a trident stands at the right, and a framed portrait hangs above the shelf. A metal bowl of yellow liquid sits at the lower right, consistent with a ritual preparation.A photograph of a Navaratri pooja at night in an indoor hall. A standing priest in a white dhoti, bare-chested, raises a lit camphor aarti flame with both hands toward a tiered display of colourful deity murtis and dolls, arranged on a stepped pyramid draped with a magenta cloth and decorated with flower garlands and small oil lamps. Two seated devotees, shown only as silhouettes, watch from the lower edge. A large Ganesha murti adorned with orange garlands sits on a red-covered table at right, surrounded by lamps. Strings of fairy lights and a patterned wall grille complete the scene.KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/25/20212021-06-25A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands at right with grey hair and beard, holding a flame or incense near a brass lamp on a shrine. The shrine is decorated with red and orange flower garlands and blue flower petals. A large framed portrait on the left shows a seated figure in a red turban, pearl and gold necklaces and bangles, hands in a gesture of greeting, behind the altar. Below it stand small gold and painted deity figures and a framed picture of a deity. On the wall at upper right hangs a framed picture of a goddess with multiple arms seated on a lotus, surrounded by small figures. Brass pots, plates, a covered vessel and a lamp fill the shelves. The walls are bright yellow and the floor is white tile.2021-06-17KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/1/20212021-07-01