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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 3/1/2022

KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 3/1/2022

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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.

Inside a temple shrine, a shirtless priest in white dhoti with a gold border and a blue face mask waves a flame lamp toward a black stone deity murti covered in garlands of white and yellow flowers and a purple silk cloth. Behind it stand gold-coloured statues: a deity with a trident and crown, a goddess in a yellow sari with a garland, and a bearded sage holding a hand up in blessing wearing a rudraksha-style mala, with a smaller purple-clad figure below. Red curtains hang in the background.

A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a gold blouse, wearing a face mask, pours liquid from a small vessel over a black stone Shivalinga on a dark pedestal base. Behind the lingam stand golden deity murtis adorned with fresh flower garlands in yellow, white, pink and red and jewelled necklaces; the central figures wear crowns and red and purple garments, and flanking figures wear turbans and ornate jewellery. A red cloth lies on the base at lower left, and a richly decorated arch frames the shrine. This appears to be a lingam abhishekam ritual in a temple setting.

A priest with a shaved head and bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a sacred thread, performs puja at a temple altar. He raises a feathered fan or chamara above the deities. Several golden-framed deity murtis stand on a raised gold platform, adorned with garlands of orange and yellow flowers and jewelled crowns. Oil lamps sit before them, and tall decorated kalasha-style columns rise behind. A black stone form on the left is also garlanded. The setting is a temple hall with a red curtain backdrop.

April 19 2022

A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a sacred thread stands with his back to the camera, offering a flame or lamp toward a richly decorated deity altar. Several gilded murti statues stand in a shrine with arched golden backdrop, red drapes and garlands of marigold and yellow flowers. A central deity image is adorned with a crown, flower garlands and a rudraksha-style necklace above a kalasha and brass oil lamps. Two figures flank the altar, one wearing a black cap and orange garland. The scene is a temple puja or aarti at the Los Angeles temple.

Temple shrine photograph with several deity murtis dressed in garlands and jewelry. Left, a murti with a green crown and marigold garland stands beside a central golden peetha with a gilded arch. Right, a dark-faced goddess murti in pink and gold sits on a lotus-like seat with a crown. A bare-backed priest in white dhoti stands at left, facing the shrine. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha, and offering plates sit on a side table, and a large dark stone object with a yellow-and-gold garment is in the foreground.

KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/10/2021

2021-10-10 +1 copies

A priest in white dhoti and black face mask, bare-chested with white sacred markings on his shoulders, performs an aarti with a lit oil lamp before a shrine of deity murtis in a temple setting. Behind him stand gilded murtis of Shiva and Parvati adorned with flower garlands and gold ornaments, a standing figure in blue and gold, and a dark-robed standing figure with a turban, all draped in yellow and orange marigold garlands. In front, a silver-and-gold peetha holds a decorated linga-form murti under a garland, with brass lamps and vessels on the floor and a maroon curtain behind.