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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/2/2021

A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a black head covering and face mask performs aarti before a shrine of decorated murti figures. He holds a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with flames raised toward the deities. The central seated figure wears an orange and red decorated head covering, with garlands of marigolds and white flowers. Behind him stand gilded and painted deity figures, including one in yellow and one in purple garments, a figure with a long black beard and red turban, and a golden arch. Red curtains hang in the background, and orange cloth covers the altar platform.

KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/12/2020

A photograph inside a temple shrine where a priest in an orange-saffron dhoti with a white face mask and a white sacred marking on his arm waves a brass aarti lamp with a flame over a central deity murti. The murti is a dark figure draped in a red and gold cloth, adorned with a red crown-like headdress, marigold garlands and a jewelled necklace, seated on a golden cushion before a tiled platform. Behind it stand larger painted statues in gold and purple garments with garlands and ornate crowns, and to the right a standing statue with a beard and red turban wears a rudraksha-style necklace. A small green-clad figurine sits on the right edge. Red curtains and a gilded arch frame the shrine.

KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/27/2021

A priest with bare upper body and white sacred marks on his chest performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before a shrine of a Shiva lingam decorated with flower garlands, gold and jewelled ornaments. Behind it stand carved and painted deity statues, including a figure holding a trident and figures in blue, green and maroon, all wearing marigold garlands. Red curtains and ornate gold arch frame the altar.

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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/4/2021

Photograph of a temple shrine with gold-framed arches and red curtains. In the foreground a priest in orange saffron robes and a white face mask stands at left, his bare back to the camera, applying a mark to a murti or performing an offering, with white markings on his arms. Behind him is a large deity murti group on a raised dais: a seated figure in a red-and-maroon turban and pink garment holding a staff, beside a figure with a tall gold crown, and a bearded figure in a maroon turban wearing a yellow-and-white garland. Yellow and white marigold garlands drape the figures and a Shiva linga-shaped stone with a garland stands in front on a gold cloth. Brass oil lamps and a lit flame sit on the platform.

KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/13/2020

KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 3/8/2021

Photograph inside a temple shrine showing a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a white face mask and white markings on his chest and arms, holding a brass tray with small oil lamps and performing worship at a central Shiva lingam draped with a red cloth, a rudraksha garland and a white and yellow flower garland. Behind it stand life-size deity statues: a figure with a crown and trident, a yellow-and-purple clad goddess, and a bearded statue in a rust-red dhoti with a large rudraksha necklace and yellow marigold garland, plus a golden arched backdrop and a standing blue-clad figurine on the right. A brass lamp stand and a brass kalasha-style vessel sit in the foreground. Ritual puja with aarti lamps, deity murti.

A bare-chested priest in white dhoti, with a sacred thread and white ash markings on his arms, performs a ritual before a sanctum of deity murtis. He holds a brass lamp-like vessel toward the shrine. Central seated murti wears a red-and-white garland of marigolds and white flowers, with a decorated peetha and ornate jewelry. Flanking figures include a sage with a long beard and rudraksha malas, a figure in a yellow and red dhoti, and a figure with a turban and saffron-orange cloth. A large gold arched backdrop, red curtains and brass oil lamps surround the shrine.