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Indoor temple puja at a shrine altar draped in blue and pink cloth, with a deity murti adorned with a silver-embossed garland. Three priests with white sacred ash markings on their bodies sit and stand on a teal cloth. One standing priest in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl arranges lamps on a pink cloth; a seated priest on the right wears a rudraksha mala and bare chest; a seated priest on the left wears a white dhoti and white mask. Offerings on silver and brass trays include fruit, nuts, sweets, rose petals and a brass kalasha, with orange and red flowers on the altar. Rows of small lamps are lit on the cloth. This is a puja offering scene; no person here shows distinctive a person cues.

2022-07-13 +1 copies

Photograph of a puja at a temple shrine with gold-framed deity murti adorned with red and white flower garlands and gold ornaments. A seated priest with bare chest, white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha-style mala sits on a green cloth before a brass lamp and offerings of flowers, fruit and a decorated red-and-gold kalasha. A person in dark top and checked lower garment bows with folded hands at left beside a smaller murti. Red and pink drapes, yellow flowers and scattered petals complete the scene.

2019-04-22 +1 copies

A man seated cross-legged on a blue cloth before a gold puja plate in a temple shrine, bare-chested with white sacred markings on his arms and chest, wearing a white dhoti and a gold necklace, and holding a smartphone while preparing offerings of flowers and kumkum. Behind him stand a deity murti in a purple silk sari and a large Shiva figure with a golden trident, draped in blue cloth, with garlands of white and red flowers. Orange and red roses and marigolds surround the puja plate, and rows of small oil lamps sit on a pink cloth at left. Maroon curtains hang behind the shrine, with a small Vishnu-style murti in white and orange at upper left. The setting suggests a Guru Purnima puja and naivedyam offering.

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2022-07-13 +1 copies

A temple puja scene at KAILASA San Jose: a priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-rimmed glasses sits on the left, reading from an open book and holding a small object, with gold bangles on his wrist. Before him a large brass vessel with flowers and petals stands on a blue cloth. A shirtless young man in white dhoti with a sacred thread kneels on the right, arranging small brass lamps on a pink-and-gold cloth. Behind them a deity murti is draped in a blue and gold garment with an ornate gold-and-green embroidered collar and garlands, beside a brass oil lamp and a small golden figure, with bookshelves in the background.

2022-07-13 +1 copies

A seated priest performs puja before a decorated deity murti of Devi, adorned with red and yellow flower garlands and gold jewelry, on an orange cloth-covered altar. The priest sits bare-chested in a white dhoti with a black-bordered cloth and holds flower petals; a woman in a pink, gold and green patterned sari kneels opposite him. Brass vessels, a plate of yellow and red petals, a gold lamp stand and a laptop sit on the orange cloth. A large pink-draped altar stands behind them.

2022-09-29 +1 copies

KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/2/2022

2022-10-02 +1 copies

Indoor temple shrine with a dark granite floor and a magenta cloth spread before a golden arched niche. In the niche stands a large dark stone deity murti in a crown and teal-green garland drapery. In front, a smaller deity figure in a green and red sari is decorated with white jasmine garlands. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style pot, flower arrangements and a silver tray of petals sit on the floor. A bare-chested man in white dhoti lies prostrate on the magenta cloth, while a second man in white dhoti and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at right, holding a small silver dish. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.