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KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 3/27/2022

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A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with gold border stands at left, leaning over a stone-black altar to offer abhishekam to a pair of dark stone deity murti seated side by side. The taller figure wears a red and gold turban, a red and white jewelled necklace, and a green and gold silk garment. The consort figure beside it wears a green and red silk sari and jewelled ornaments. Brass and silver bowls of offerings and a small brass kalasha sit on a gold tray in front, with smaller painted figurines and flower garlands nearby. A brass oil lamp burns at right against an ornate silver-panelled backdrop.2022-03-27A shaved-chested man in white dhoti stands at left with hands pressed together in anjali, wearing a face mask and a red-beaded necklace, facing a pair of black stone deity murti seated side by side on a raised pedestal. The left figure wears a red turban and red and gold garments with a large jewelled necklace; the right figure wears a pink and blue sari with gold ornaments. Garlands of pink flowers and a green-and-white garland hang beside them. Brass oil lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel, bowls of offerings and a plate of fried snacks sit on the altar, framed by ornate gold-toned arches. Temple puja setting.2022-02-20KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 6/13/20212021-06-13KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 3/27/20222022-03-27KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 3/27/20222022-03-27KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 1/17/20212021-01-17A photograph inside a temple shrine. A priest stands at right, bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti with yellow borders, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and holding a brass bell in one hand while lifting a lit oil lamp with the other. Before him are two dark stone deity murtis under gold arched niches: the left deity wears a red and gold sari, a large gold necklace and floral garlands; the right deity wears a tall crown, a yellow and green garment and garlands. The shrine has red and green drapes and a grey floor.2022-07-30 +1 copiesA temple shrine with a priest seen from behind, bare-backed, wearing a white dhoti and holding a small oil lamp aloft in his right hand toward the deities. Before him stands a dark stone shrine with a large black deity murti of a figure with a crown and trident, flanked by a female figure in a red and blue sari, both draped in garlands of flowers and gold. In front, a large dark Shivalinga is adorned with a green and gold cloth, a heavy necklace of beads and marigold garlands, and brass lamps and vessels sit on a stone platform. A yellow and red patterned banner hangs in the background beside dark red curtains, and a black stone deity with an orange cloth sits to the left. Aarti is being offered during a shrine ritual.2021-06-27Photograph of a temple shrine at Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple, San Jose. A priest with a shaved head, rimless glasses and a white upper cloth stands at left, holding a brass lamp with a flame in one hand. In front of him is a Shiva lingam decorated with flowers, a rudraksha mala and a jewelled silver face, flanked by brass vessels and pink petals. Behind it stands a black stone deity murti pair in an ornate headdress and gold jewellery, with an orange cloth backdrop and decorative embroidered pillars. A small doll-like figure in a pink and gold sari stands at right. The scene matches Karthikai Deepam ritual lamp-lighting, though no a person is visible.2020-11-29November 18 20212021-11-18A bare-chested temple priest in a white dhoti, wearing glasses, holds a lit oil lamp in front of a richly decorated Shiva lingam with a gold-and-jewelled silver mask and layered gold and bead necklaces. Behind it, a black stone murti of a deity with a trident, dressed in orange and gold silk with a large jewelled ornament, sits beside a consort in a pink skirt and white pearl necklaces, framed by a gold border and purple cloth. Marigold and white flower garlands, brass lamps and a small brass kalasha sit on the floor, with a painted banner on the left. The scene shows an abhishekam or aarti in a temple setting.2021-11-18Photo 66793642022-07-16 +1 copies