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KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 3/11/2021

KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 7/14/2022

2022-07-14 +1 copies

A photograph of a temple hall during a puja, with a row of around twenty orange and saffron ceremonial shoes or sandals lined against the back wall beside colourful deity statues, including a figure in blue and another in pink and gold. Several men and women sit on chairs and on a blue mat, many with bare upper bodies and white dhotis, some wearing face masks, with brass plates of offerings, flowers, lamps and small cups in front of them. Framed photographs hang on the gold-painted wall. At the right, a man in white dhoti and shawl sits on an ornate throne-like seat near a row of other seated men in white and maroon.

KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 4/22/2019

2019-04-22 +1 copies

KAILASA in SanJose on 7/15/2019

2019-07-15 +1 copies

A photograph of a temple hall with gold-framed arched niches holding deity murtis, including a blue-skinned standing deity figure and a dark-skinned deity with red garments and garlands. In the foreground, several women sit on white cloth with brass oil lamps, brass plates of offerings, flower garlands and a green leaf plate, while a microphone stand stands in the centre. Two older men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies sit at the left front. A row of orange and red silk fabric and garlands decorates the right side. The setting suggests a puja with devotees seated for the ritual.

A group of devotees sits on the floor of a temple hall with pale yellow walls and a row of small brass lamps and deity figures along the back shelf. Several women wear saris in orange, blue, purple and white, and a man in a grey shirt stands with hands folded near the back. Children in colourful clothes sit among the adults on patterned mats. A steel pot and offerings sit in the foreground beside a shivalinga-style object, and a large framed photo and tall standing deity figures appear at the right. A woman in white with a rudraksha mala holds her hands in anjali.

February 08 2024

A photograph inside a bright hall with cream marble floor and a row of orange-robed deity murtis with golden crowns along the left wall. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with a red bindi and tilak sits cross-legged on a blue and red mat with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside her a woman in a magenta and blue sari sits on the mat with hands folded. Behind them, several people sit on chairs: a woman in a white shawl, a woman in a lime-green sari with gold border, and an elderly bearded man in a dark cap, navy sweater and grey scarf. A small tray with offerings sits on a lace-covered table near the wall.

Interior of a Hindu temple hall with gold-framed shrines and deity murtis, including a blue-skinned figure on a raised altar at the back. A seated congregation fills the floor on red patterned carpets. A man in an orange shawl over a grey top sits in the foreground, and a man in a white kurta and dhoti sits nearby. Women wear saffron, green and red saris, and a woman in a green sari wears a beaded necklace. Several devotees sit with hands folded in meditation or prayer. Gold drapes and a framed portrait hang on the walls, and a standing man in white stands near the far shrine. Satsang at a temple setting, with a visible shawl-wearing man whose appearance is uncertain as to identity.

A seated congregation fills a temple hall with red floor carpets, facing an altar with ornate golden arches and multiple deity murti in colourful dress. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with red border sits on a chair, and a woman in a white and gold kerala-style sari sits on the carpet. A woman in a teal blouse and blue sari sits nearby, and a woman in a yellow and blue sari with a rudraksha mala kneels at the right edge. Behind them, many devotees sit cross-legged in white, orange and casual clothing. A man in an orange shawl and white dhoti sits at the right, and a small wooden table with a brass vessel stands in the centre. No person is clearly identifiable as a person in this view.

Indoor temple gathering at Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple in Los Angeles. A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on an orange mat at right, holding a microphone and speaking, with a brass plate, lamp and flower offerings before him. Beside him is a decorated palanquin-style seat draped in green and pink cloth and strung with marigold and white flower garlands. About a dozen seated devotees sit on grey carpet, women in saris and salwar kameez, a man in white kurta at centre, and a man in a white robe near the centre. Behind them stand women in saris. A painted deity panel hangs on the wall and a painted peacock sculpture stands nearby, with a portrait of a seated figure on the upper wall.