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KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 1/22/20222022-01-22Photo 82874052022-09-29 +1 copiesPhoto 82860102022-05-15 +1 copiesA seated group of devotees performs a puja on a green cloth in a hall with maroon curtains and tiered coloured garlands. Six people sit in a row behind offering plates of bananas, apples, oranges, rose petals, kumkum, nuts and brass vessels on red and blue mats. Most bring their hands to their mouths. One man on the left wears a purple shirt, a woman beside him wears a red sari, a woman in a white outfit with glasses sits centre, another woman in maroon, a man in a cream kurta, and a woman in a blue sari on the right. Folding chairs stand empty behind them, and another person sits at the far right edge.2022-01-22KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/2/20222022-10-02 +3 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 1/22/20222022-01-22Photo 82847092022-05-15 +1 copiesNovember 14 20212021-11-14A flat-lay of puja offerings on an orange cloth with gold and purple borders. Silver and brass trays hold bananas, apples, oranges, apricots, a green mango, and dried nuts and berries. Covered brass containers sit on a steel tray at right. A red silk cloth with gold floral brocade lies at left beside a teal garment with beadwork. A brass bowl holds yellow hibiscus flowers, and small brass lamps and a spoon rest near the top. White-clad legs are partly visible at the edges, but no full person is shown.2022-05-15 +3 copiesOverhead view of a ritual offering arrangement laid out on a red floor covering for a puja. White cloths and a patterned maroon-and-navy runner hold rows of silver and steel bowls with fruits such as oranges, apples, grapes and bananas, sweets, nuts and dried fruit, along with stacks of orange cloths with gold borders, gold-coloured garlands and ornaments on plates, and a coconut. Brass oil lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a lamp stand and a small bowl of coloured powder sit at the left. No people are visible.2009-11-27A photograph of a ritual offering arrangement on a pink velvet cloth. Many betel-style green leaves hold flower petals in yellow, orange, red and pink, with dried brown nuts or seeds placed on top. Each leaf rests on a small square of coloured cloth in orange, black, blue, red, green and white, arranged in rows as for a puja. Fresh roses, marigold-type blooms and red carnations lie along the front edge. A woven striped textile hangs across the top and a brass bowl of petals sits at the left. No people are visible.2022-01-22Indoor puja set-up on a wooden floor with two devotees seated on blue mats in white clothing, one with hands folded in namaste at the right edge and one partly visible at the left. Brass trays hold many small bowls of fruits, sweets, grains, nuts and flower petals, plus oil lamps, a conch shell, a brass kalasha-style vessel and a red-and-gold cloth with flowers on a low altar. A flat-screen TV sits on a stand in the background. Purple flowers and green leaves are arranged on a brass thali in the foreground, beside a small framed picture of a deity. Diwali-season offerings appear to be prepared.2021-11-04