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A photograph of a temple ritual in an indoor shrine. A shaven-headed priest, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala, raises a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a golden murti. Beside him a second priest with grey hair, also bare-chested in a white dhoti with gold borders, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, with white ash markings on his chest and arms. Both wear blue surgical masks. The golden standing figure is a deity murti, and a black stone lingam pedestal stands at right with a red curtain behind. Dark statues and a gold-framed arch fill the background.

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Photograph of a temple ritual indoors. A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold borders, bare-chested with white ash markings and rudraksha malas, kneels and holds a brass lamp with a lit flame, wearing a blue surgical mask. Behind him a second man in a white dhoti with gold waistband stands with palms joined in namaskar, also masked and with white markings on his chest. Gold-finished deity statues stand behind them, a dark bronze figure is at left, and small gold figures with a gold pyramid-shaped stand, petals and brass bowls sit in the foreground beside a large dark stone basin. The page does not indicate a person's presence, and no candidate is identifiable, so the setting reads as a priest performing a lamp offering.2020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/14/20202020-11-14KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/7/20212021-01-07KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/16/20222022-01-16KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/20/20202020-12-20KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 3/10/20212021-03-10 +1 copiesA temple abhishekam at a stage shrine. Two shirtless priests in white dhotis pour liquid from copper vessels over a dark black stone shivalingam on a black pedestal. The priest in front wears a light blue face mask and holds a copper pot with a long pour stick. Behind them stand gilded deity murtis: a gold figure of a standing male deity on the left, and a central gold deity pair with crowns, layered jewellery and beaded garlands. On the right stands a gilded statue of a bearded figure in a red turban with rudraksha malas and yellow-orange marigold garlands. An ornate gold arch with red and orange painted panels frames the scene.2021-12-28A priest in white dhoti with gold borders and a face mask pours water from a gold vessel over a black lingam in a shrine, with a small gold-plated figure and a gold Shiva-style statue beside a pyramid-shaped gold base. Behind him, another masked priest in white stands by golden deity murti figures and a red and green backdrop, with a gold-clad standing figure at right and rose petals scattered on the base. The scene appears to be abhishekam at a temple shrine.2021-10-31KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/4/20202020-07-04KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 9/19/20212021-09-19