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September 18 2023

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Photo 103278482022-09-29 +1 copiesPhoto 11744115 +1 copiesA seated priest bare-chested with a white dhoti bordered in gold performs a puja at a temple altar. He wears a face mask and holds a lit multi-wick brass aarti lamp toward a platter of offerings. Three small yellow and pink decorated kalasha-style figures with flower garlands sit on a red-draped altar, with gold-framed shrine niches and deity murtis behind. Brass plates hold bananas, apples, mangoes, a pineapple, dates and rice, and marigold petals and leaves are laid on a low wooden stand. Gold lamps and a bell are nearby.2020-06-30Photo 99183132022-11-30 +3 copiesA seated priest bare-chested in a white dhoti with a yellow border performs puja before a black stone deity murti of a goddess, adorned with white jasmine and red-orange flower garlands and gold jewellery. He wears spectacles and a sacred thread, holds a flame in one hand and a small metal vessel in the other. A silver plate with sweets and a brass bowl sit in front of him, a red and green cloth lies at left, and an orange and pink silk drape hangs behind the deity on a gold altar with smaller murtis above.2021-11-14Photo 66793652022-11-30 +3 copiesA priest performs a homa at a brick fire pit, pouring ghee or offering into flames with a long wooden ladle. He wears a blue silk shawl over a white dhoti with a patterned border, has white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Red and pink rose petals and a small bowl of offering are arranged around the pit. Behind him stands an altar with garlanded deity murti, a green patterned cloth, a kalasha, and flower arrangements. One person is visible.2021-11-14A temple shrine interior with a deep magenta curtain backdrop and patterned pillars. Two priests stand at a golden arched shrine holding deity murtis garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. The priest on the left, bare-backed and wearing a cream dhoti and sacred thread, holds a lit oil lamp toward the central deity, a metal figure with a crown. The priest on the right, bare-chested with a yellow-orange cloth over his shoulder and white dhoti, holds a silver bowl and stands beside a standing deity murti in red and gold. Behind them, a dark deity murti wearing a crown sits on a throne with pink drapery, and a teal-clad deity murti with a beaded necklace stands at the right edge. A blue cloth covers the shrine base. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2024-11-09A photograph of a Varalakshmi Vratam puja at a temple hall. A bare-chested priest with long hair tied up, white sacred ash on his forehead and arms, and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged on the floor in a white dhoti, holding a brass lamp stand with lit flames. Before him is a small deity murti of Varalakshmi draped in pink silk and garlanded with white and red flowers, with rose petals scattered on a tray. Three large decorated deity statues stand behind, dressed in green, orange and white silks with jewelled crowns, garlands and ornaments. A black stone Nandi figure with an orange cloth rests on a pedestal to the left, and brass oil lamps stand on the floor.2019-08-09A priest in white dhoti and an unstitched white upper cloth with a yellow-bordered dhoti sits cross-legged on an orange cloth before a shrine, performing puja with a lit oil lamp held in his right hand and a paper of text in his left. Behind him stand a deity murti in blue and gold with a crown, flanked by smaller figures, and a tall deity figure in a green and gold saree, all draped with white and orange garlands. Fresh yellow and red roses sit in brass vases, and rows of gold lamps and brass pots and bowls rest on the cloth in front. Painted yellow and blue motifs decorate the hangings behind. The priest is a single physical person; no a person candidate is visible.2022-11-30 +3 copiesPhoto 99225022022-10-02 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 2/17/20192019-02-17