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Two women kneel on a dark granite floor in a temple shrine performing a lamp ritual. The woman on the right wears a red blouse with gold border and a red sari, holding out her hand toward a tall brass multi-wick oil lamp with lit flames. The woman on the left, in a cream sari with red blouse and a rudraksha-style bead strand, reaches toward the same lamp. Brass ritual implements, a brass bell, a bowl with a pink flower and a trident-like brass object sit in the foreground, with a garlanded deity murti and a wooden table behind them.

November 22 2013

Photograph of a Hindu temple shrine during a Varalakshmi puja. A woman in a green-and-gold sari with a red border stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp toward a decorated deity murti dressed in a red and gold silk sari with jewelled necklaces and flower garlands. Two more devotees are visible at right: one in a green-and-blue sari kneeling and holding a lamp, another partly seen. Behind them, dark stone deity murtis are adorned with white flower garlands, gold ornaments and coloured silks. Coconuts and white flowers lie in front of the central murti. Lamps stand on brass stands against a yellow wall.

2022-08-05 +1 copies

April 2008 - Kailaasa In LA Events

A photograph inside a bright hall with a white marble floor and a yellow wall. In the foreground a woman in a cream and gold sari holds a brass aarti lamp on a tray with a lit flame, palms pressed together, while a girl in a gold-brocade outfit with a pink blouse stands facing her, back to the camera. To the right a woman in a red and navy sari presses her palms together in namaskar, and a woman in a cream kurta with a pink shawl stands with hands folded. Behind them several people stand in prayer, and a wooden pole with green and white cloth hangs overhead. Deity murtis and a silver palanquin are visible near the wall. Four people are prominently visible, with a few more in the background.

KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 4/19/2021

Several women in silk saris perform aarti before a golden-faced deity murti of Devi Lakshmi seated on a green-draped throne, adorned with garlands, pearl necklaces and a crown. Four women in the foreground hold a brass lamp with multiple lit wicks toward the murti: one in a green and magenta saree on the left, one in a blue blouse and red saree, and one in a cream zari saree on the right. Behind the murti stands a gold arch with green leaf festoons and hanging oil lamps, with offerings of flowers, a coconut and a kalasha-like vessel at its base. The scene reflects Varalaxmi Vratham worship.

December 22 2016

Interior shrine photo with a golden arched niche holding a deity murti draped in an orange-and-green saree and adorned with garlands and a jewelled necklace. A woman in a gold-bordered white saree sits on the dark floor at left, holding a lit oil lamp near offerings. In front, a small seated figure in a red turban and white garland sits beside a tray of fruit and a brass vessel with red flowers. Tall brass lamp stands flank the shrine, and framed portraits of saints in saffron and white hang on the walls.

A woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari stands with her back to the camera, reaching toward a lit camphor flame held over a deity murti in a shrine. The murti wears a jeweled crown, a red and black silk garment, and garlands of white and yellow flowers with pink blossoms. Brass oil lamps hang from the ceiling on either side, and a brass lamp stand with a lit flame sits at right beside a framed portrait of an elderly man in a light robe. A green palm leaf rises behind the murti against a gold ornate arch. Dark background, warm lamplight, aarti in progress.

2022-01-28 +1 copies

August 21 2012

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Two women take part in a Varalakshmi Vratam puja. The woman on the left wears a green blouse with a yellow and orange saree, a sandalwood-coloured beaded mala, a vermilion forehead mark, and silver bangles, and she holds a brass tray with a brass vessel. The woman kneeling on the right wears an orange kurta and gold bangles and reaches toward the vessel with her hand. Behind them, draped silk sarees in red, orange and green hang beside a silver stand with a rope barrier, and deity murtis are partly visible.