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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 5/3/20222022-05-03Photo 99207612022-05-03 +1 copiesKAILASA HUNTERSVILLE, USA on 10/13/20132013-10-13March 06 20202020-03-06KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/26/20192019-10-26Indoor group photo at a KAILASA Melbourne gathering: a large seated statue of a guru-like figure in a black headpiece, ornate orange and green dress, and layered white and multicolored flower garlands sits at the centre, with a silver-toned hand raised in blessing. Around it, a crowd of adults and children in saris, salwar kameez, kurta and casual wear sits or kneels on a pink mat, several smiling and posing. A man in a grey shirt and white dhoti stands at left, and brass plates with offerings, flowers and small lamps lie in the foreground. A puja or Jayanthi celebration setting with a visible statue, not a living person.2021-12-28Devotees stand with palms pressed together in a yellow-walled temple hall during a puja before a golden shrine with a red backdrop and a garlanded deity murti. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with gold border stands at left with hands folded, a white-clad man in a white kurta stands centre, and women in saris and salwar kameez in pink, orange, green and magenta join in. A girl in a green and gold outfit stands among them. A steel kalasha vessel is at right and a person in an orange top stands near the back.2022-05-03 +1 copiesMarch 03 20202020-03-03A group of devotees gathers in a temple room with pale tiled floor and cinder-block walls, many with hands in anjali. Seated and standing people wear saffron, orange, green, yellow and white saris, kurtas and dhotis; a man in front has a white mask and another wears a blue mask. A golden deity murti with a red-and-gold crown and garlands stands centrally against draped fabric, flanked by white and gold deity statues and dark ceremonial items in the foreground. Oil lamps and flowers sit before the altar. No specific individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2022-06-05 +1 copiesMarch 06 20202020-03-06A group photograph in a yellow-walled hall with string lights and red carpet. A large gilded framed portrait on the wall shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and orange robe against a red background. In the centre front, a man in a dark blue shirt and white dhoti sits on an ornate wooden throne-like seat with a flower arrangement and a small brass offering tray before him. Beside him, a shirtless man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread sits on a similar seat, and a bare-chested young man sits cross-legged in white with his hands in namaste. Around them, about twenty standing and seated people in mixed clothing, including several in orange and pink robes and saris, smile or press palms together. A small child in an orange robe stands at the left front.March 03 20202020-03-03