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July 13 20222022-07-13Outdoor street procession in front of a low brick and white-panel building with a red canopy, sign reading KAILASA Toronto Nithyananda Meditation Academy. A decorated palanquin or ratha-style platform with a kalasha-topped structure, marigold garlands and red and gold drapery sits at the centre while devotees gather around it. Several women wear pink and orange saris, others white dhotis or white mundus, and some men are bare-chested with shawls. A man in a dark navy top stands on the left with his back to the camera, and an older man in a white shirt stands on the right by a red car. A yellow and orange ceremonial flag stands at each side of the group, and a deity framed poster hangs on the left wall.2022-07-13July 13 20222022-07-13Group photograph inside the KAILASA Toronto Canada temple room during a puja. A sign on the central table reads KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. Behind them, gold-framed shrines hold deity murtis, including a central figure decorated with a garland of red and white flowers. In front, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a brass plate of offerings. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and shawl holds a sheet and stands near a tray of fruit. On the right, women in white and colourful saris stand around the table holding brass plates of flowers, fruit and sweets. Brass lamps, kalasha-like vessels and floral arrangements fill the altar table. A visible placard or sheet is held by a man at the left-centre. Approximately 15 people visible.A photograph inside a temple hall with yellow-painted walls, where a group of priests and devotees stand before a row of painted deity murtis and a sign reading KAILASA Toronto Canada on a purple draped backdrop. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis with gold borders and gold necklaces and maroon or orange headwear stand behind offering trays, one holding a tray of red flower petals. In the foreground, two women in saris, one in purple and one in maroon with a green blouse, hold trays of marigold petals and rose petals. Behind them are heaps of limes, apples and bananas, and a large garland of marigolds hangs beside a gold arched frame. No figure in the scene is identified as a person.July 13 20222022-07-13October 19 20062006-10-19Outdoor temple procession at dusk in a street, with a ornate wooden palanquin (ratha) covered in garlands of white, yellow and purple flowers around a deity murti. A shirtless man in white dhoti stands beside the palanquin, another man in white shirt and dhoti holds papers near its roof, and a bare-chested man in a dhoti and orange cloth over his shoulder walks in front. Devotees in saffron and orange clothes, some with rudraksha malas and white-painted foreheads, carry plates of fruit and offerings. Behind them a red wall has large banners showing a bearded figure in a crown and orange robes, with Tamil text. Electric pole and trees visible.2018-01-16A photograph of a festival procession with two golden metal deity murti seated on a decorated palanquin or ratha beneath red velvet drapes and gold pillars. The figure on the left wears a jeweled crown, a gold necklace, and holds a staff, with a ceremonial gold rod in front; the figure on the right wears a red-and-gold silk sari and a matching crown. Both are heavily adorned with red roses, white roses and baby's breath garlands. The pink cloth covering the platform is trimmed with a striped border. Around the murti, several women and a girl stand and hold white objects; a woman in a blue sari and a woman in a floral top are visible, along with a man in glasses behind. A string of white flowers hangs in the background near a doorway.2022-07-13Outdoors in a shopping-centre parking lot under a pale evening sky, a procession of devotees gathers around a central figure in a red-and-gold turban with a saffron and gold-bordered shawl, pearl and rudraksha-style necklaces, and white paint marks on the arms and forehead. The central figure, a life-size statue-like cutout held by devotees, has smiling painted features. To the right, a woman in a red and gold blouse holds a brass tray with a flame, a second woman in a maroon sari holds a small offering tray, and a bearded man in white dhoti with a bare chest holds a flame. A red-masked person in a purple hooded top stands nearby, and a small decorated kalasha-shaped canopy appears behind. A Sri Radha Krishna store sign with a phone number is visible on the building.2022-07-13January 16 20182018-01-16A temple ritual photographed indoors against a plain white-painted brick wall. Centre frame, a deity murti sits within a golden canopy (mandapa) draped with red, white and green flower garlands and a lit oil lamp, with a green garland over the figure. A bald man with a bare upper body wears a white dhoti and a rudraksha mala and stands with his back to the camera, facing the altar. Beside the altar, a man in a white dhoti and shawl leans in to tend the shrine. At left, women in saris (one in blue, one in red-orange) stand near the altar. At right, a smiling woman in a red sari and others stand close behind. At far right, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a red head covering reaches out a hand toward the altar. Devotees gather in an abhishekam or puja setting.