Navigation for Diversity in Death
The Hindu Faith
Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland; The Geeta Mandir, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
A family attend prarthana at the Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
A family makes offerings of milk and rice at the aarti or lamp-like alter, Hindu Temple Auckland.
A family queue to make offerings, or naivedya, to the deities.
A monk (in orange robes) presides over prayers at the Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Auckland.
Ankit Patel under Lord Shiva, Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
Joan Buchanan and Ankit Patel at the Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
The deities represented by the statues, Swaminarayan Hindu Temple.
Lynda and Gandabhai Vallabh at the Geeta Mandir, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
Bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
Gandabhai in the Geeta Mandir or temple, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
Gandabhai in the Geeta Mandir or temple, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
Offerings or prasad at the aarti, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple.
The aarti or alter where offerings of milk, fruit, nuts and flowers are made.
The aarti or alter where offerings of milk, fruit, nuts and flowers are made.
Prasad at the Geeta Mandir or temple, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
Prasad at the Geeta Mandir or temple, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
The deities at the Geeta Mandir, Kilbirnie Hindu Temple, Wellington.
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.