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KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 4/14/20222022-04-14Photo 99222452022-04-14 +1 copiesA woman in a yellow saree with gold-trimmed border sits at left, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a large ornate golden throne-like altar. The golden peetha has a tall arched golden frame behind it, decorated with silver-looking garlands and necklaces, and green and gold cloths draped over its sides. Below, a pink and gold cloth covers a table holding brass bowls, a small silver kalasha-style vessel, steel plates and a small pink-robed figure. The scene is a temple puja or aarti in a dark-curtained room, with the woman offering light to the altar.2022-08-13 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 2/27/20222022-02-27A woman in an orange and red silk sari with gold border stoops at a low table, pouring liquid from a metal vessel over a small silver shivalinga-style object placed on a silver tray, as part of an abhishekam. Behind her a large gilded deity murti with a gold crown and ornate garlands stands before dark red curtains, lit by bright overhead lights. Brass oil lamps and a tall brass lamp stand sit in the foreground.2021-03-11A young shirtless man in white dhoti with a thin sacred thread sits cross-legged at lower left, ringing a silver handbell with his left hand while holding a lit oil lamp in his right over a shrine. Behind the altar stands an ornate gold-toned throne-like structure with a gold arch, jewelled necklaces and a crown-like ornament, draped with green-and-white polka-dot cloths on a gold pedestal. Brass and silver puja vessels, a small deity murti, and a tiger-striped cloth sit on a red-and-gold covered table. Deep maroon velvet curtains hang behind.2022-08-21 +1 copiesA priest in a bare-shouldered tan upper garment and white dhoti sits at left on the floor, wearing a garland and reaching toward an ornate gilded shrine. Behind a large gold-plated arched frame with a silver Shiva linga emblem stands a golden peetha with orange and red cloths draped over it and red rose petals scattered across its base. In front, a brass bowl, a silver plate with small vessels, a brass lamp, a white sweet-filled bowl and a small standing figure of a deity sit on a red cloth, with a tiger-striped cloth at right. The scene reads as puja and abhishekam in a temple room with dark red drapes behind.2022-04-23A woman in an orange-red sari with a long braid stands beside a shrine to the left, holding a lit oil lamp flame toward a dark reddish Shiva lingam draped with a white and gold cloth, garlanded with white and red flowers and ornamented with a silver-and-red decorated front. A gold arched niche frames the lingam, with a green cloth behind it. Small oil lamps, white flowers, a brass plate with offerings, and green palm fronds surround the altar in a gold-framed shrine.2021-11-14Photo 82838262022-05-29 +1 copiesA woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari with a gold blouse kneels before a golden Sri Yantra plate on a wooden stand, pouring liquid from a white bowl over it during an abhishekam. Brass oil lamps (vilakku) stand on a black pedestal beneath a large deity murti draped in a magenta and teal silk garment with gold brocade. Brass and silver ritual vessels, a copper bowl and a small lit oil lamp sit in the foreground, with a garland hanging at the top left.2026-01-24KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 1/13/20222022-01-13KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 7/5/20222022-07-05 +1 copies