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Kailasa in tharamangalam 23 july 2021KAILASA Tharamangalam 10 Sep 2021A priest in white dhoti and face mask holds a lit multi-flame aarti lamp toward a deity murti at a home shrine. Two women in cotton saris, also masked, sit on the floor at left. Before the shrine, a large floor spread holds rows of food offerings on plates and leaves, with fruit, and a brass oil lamp burns. The deity, decorated with yellow and white garlands, wears an orange and purple cloth, and a red cloth covers the altar. Wooden cabinets and small figurines line the back wall.A woman in an orange sari stands at left, her hands extended over a row of oil lamps near a green cloth laid on the floor. The green cloth holds many small brass and clay dishes of food, bananas, apples, oranges, leafy greens, vegetables and a bowl of flowers, with a red-draped mound and a kalasha-like vessel at the centre. Behind them a large printed portrait of a bearded man with a saffron turban and garlanded neck sits on a cushioned armchair draped with marigold garlands and flanked by two saffron-and-gold banners. Gold ritual vessels and a brass lamp stand nearby, and a silver tray at the bottom holds a lamp and small offerings. Only one physical person is visible.2022-12-07A photograph of a puja set up on a red cloth. In the left foreground a bare-chested man with a yellow turban and white dhoti sits cross-legged and reaches over brass plates of food on banana leaves, with yellow and white offerings, brass lamps, a small brass pot and red flower petals in a bowl. Behind him a figure with a red garland sits against a deep red wall, and on the right stand a kalasha-style pot, marigold garlands, a folded pink cloth and a saffron embroidered hanging.Feb 7 2022 sripuram2022-02-08A woman with grey hair in a bun sits cross-legged on the floor before a decorated altar, wearing a yellow and red-checked silk wrap and a yellow shawl, with a white tilak on her forehead. Before her is a low wooden platform covered with a colourful geometric yantra-like mandala of coloured powders and flower petals, surrounded by fruits, coconuts, bowls of grains, lit brass oil lamps and banana leaves. Behind her, a green draped table holds ornate metal kalasha pots and decorated deity murtis with conical painted headdresses. On the left, a framed wall-mounted portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is on the wall beside a standing cutout of a figure in orange and red wearing a garland and beads, seated on a red throne. Several framed photos hang on the upper wall. One physical person is present.2021-11-14A photograph of a puja ritual on a red cloth set against a deep red backdrop. A bare-chested priest with a cream-coloured turban and a garland of orange and white flowers, with rudraksha beads on his neck, lights an oil lamp and holds a small flame with his hand. Beside him, a woman in a pink and orange outfit and a red turban sits smiling, wearing a red and yellow marigold garland. Brass bowls, a kalasha-style pot, banana leaves with sweets and fruit, incense sticks, small oil lamps and a pink cloth with a marigold garland lie on the cloth, with bundled wooden sticks along the right side.June 25 2014 - 12014-06-25A photograph of a Navaratri puja scene on a red cloth. A bare-chested priest in a yellow turban and white dhoti sits cross-legged at left, reaching toward a brass plate of offerings. Behind him a deity murti sits on a green and gold throne, draped in red and yellow garlands, with an orange and yellow embellished backdrop. Brass plates hold bananas, leaves, sweets, coconut, kumkum and vibhuti, with a lit oil lamp, a kalasha and small brass vessels around the altar. No a person candidate is visible; the seated figure is a priest.A priest seated cross-legged on a red cloth performs a puja before a deity murti draped with a garland of red and yellow flowers. He is bare-chested with a white dhoti edged in orange-gold, a yellow turban and a beaded necklace, and he holds a small vessel while reaching toward a spread of brass plates holding turmeric, kumkum, leaves, rice, sweets and bowls of coloured powder. Behind the deity stands an orange and yellow embroidered backdrop with floral motifs. Oil lamps, incense sticks, a brass kalasha and a small red-clad figure complete the altar.A ritual puja on a red cloth in a red-walled room. A priest on the left, bare-chested with a white dhoti and an orange-yellow turban, holds a lit oil lamp aloft with smoke rising from it. Seated centrally is a figure in a pink-red turban and pink robes, wearing a long multicolour red, yellow and orange flower garland, with hands raised in a blessing gesture. In front are brass bowls, a kalasha-style pot, banana-leaf plates of offerings including sweets and fruit, a small lit lamp, incense sticks and a row of trident-topped stands. A pink silk cloth and yellow flower garland lie at right beside a potted plant. This appears to be a homa or puja observance.