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KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 10/19/2020

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October 16 20122012-10-16A photograph of three women seated at a wooden table set for puja. On the table are brass plates of sliced fruit and red petals, small brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels, a dish of red kumkum, a lit white candle, and a tablet device. On the right, a woman in a cream silk sari with gold border wears a long red and white rudraksha-style mala and closes her eyes in meditation. In the centre, a woman in a blue kurta with purple bangles and a gold-toned dupatta sits with eyes closed. Behind them, a woman in a gold shawl presses her palms together in anjali. Saffron and orange cloth hangs in the background near a deity murti.2024-02-26KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 2/17/20192019-02-17Jan 21 2022 sripuram2022-01-21Photo of a Varalakshmi Vratam puja inside a temple hall. A woman in a white silk sari with gold border reads from a paper at a microphone, seated on the floor. Beside her, a woman in a yellow and green sari with a red-bordered shawl sits with hands folded. At right, a bare-chested priest with long dreadlocks, a white headband, white body markings and a rudraksha mala sits before a silver tray and brass lamp. Bowls of rose petals and flowers lie on the floor, with a decorated deity figure and garlands in the background.2019-08-09A photo of seven women seated cross-legged on the floor in a circle inside a temple hall with gold-painted carved walls and elephant reliefs. Women in saffron-orange, yellow and magenta, pale green and pink, white with a red border, and a red patterned sari sit close together, several with hands near a brass plate. A silver plate holds banana leaf offerings, fruit, sweets and a cup, and a brass lamp sits nearby. Behind them a green-draped table with flowers and a gold carved screen suggest a puja setting.Three women sit cross-legged on a woven mat on a polished reddish-brown floor inside a golden-yellow temple hall with carved pillars. The woman on the left wears a red saree and a maroon blouse with a pendant necklace. The woman in the centre wears a green saree with gold border, a magenta blouse, and glasses, and holds a pot. The woman on the right wears an orange saree with a magenta blouse and gold necklace and bangles, and arranges puja items such as small brass vessels and flowers on a cloth in front of her. A doorway with red drape and gold frame is visible at right. No a person candidate is visible.2022-01-21Six women sit cross-legged on a woven mat in a temple hall, gathered in a close circle around a brass thali of offerings at lower right, which holds betel leaves, fruits and coconut. On the left, a woman in a dark patterned shawl leans forward; next to her a woman in orange and gold sari bends over the tray. A woman in a pink and green sari sits behind, and a woman in a white sari with a gold border and red bangles holds her hands together in prayer. At right, a woman in a red patterned sari wears a gold necklace. Behind them are gold-painted wooden cabinets with elephant carvings and a golden altar.KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/22/20212021-06-22KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/29/20212021-08-29A photograph inside a hall with wooden floor and red-cushioned chairs where a puja is being performed seated on woven mats. In the foreground a bare-chested man in orange-saffron dhoti wears a long rudraksha mala and sits with hands folded near brass plates of flowers, a conch shell and offerings. Three women in saris sit beside him: one in orange and cream, one in red with a white forehead mark and beaded necklace, and one in blue with a pink blouse and glasses. Brass lamps, kalasha-style vessels, fruit, betel leaves and flower garlands lie on the floor. At the back, a seated figure in orange with rudraksha and garlands sits on a decorated throne with offerings before gold curtains and red triangular emblems, with bookshelves at left. Four women and one man are visible.2022-01-10Indoor temple puja in a shrine room decorated with gold-framed pictures, flower garlands and small deity figures. A seated priest in white dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala watches from the back. Three women in saris sit on the floor around a brass yantra or small temple structure and a red cloth with offerings: a bowl of kumkum, fruits, grapes and flowers. The woman on the left wears a red blouse and grey-silver sari; the centre woman wears a magenta sari; the woman on the right wears a red sari. A large seated deity murti with a red and orange garment and yellow flower garlands is at the centre, with oil lamps nearby.2021-07-09 +1 copies