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A photograph of a home shrine room with a dark-stone deity murti standing in a gilded arched niche against a deep red wall. The murti wears a red and gold garment, layered necklaces and a crown, and holds a raised hand. Before it sit a flower-strewn platform, small brass and silver offering bowls, and a brass plate with lit oil lamps and fruit. To the right, two smaller metal figures are seated on a purple and gold draped chair. No people are visible.

KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 12/4/2021

A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands with his back to the camera, holding a ceremonial item toward a black-faced deity murti. The murti wears a red and gold silk sari, a gold crown, a large gold necklace with red and white garlands, and raised hands. It sits in an ornate gold arched niche with a gold cloth backdrop above a dark tiled platform. Two white flower garlands hang on the murti's arms.

A dark-stone murti of a deity stands in a gilded arched niche against a maroon curtain inside a temple room. The figure wears a red and gold dhoti-like garment, a red and gold necklace and a tall crown, with flowers placed at its base. In front, a black stone platform holds small brass and silver plates with offerings, oil lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel, incense sticks and a cloth on the floor. A red exit sign hangs at the upper left. No people are visible.

A temple shrine room with a dark-stone deity murti standing in a gold arched niche against a red curtain, wearing red and gold garments, a white and red floral garland and jewelled ornaments. Two small oil lamps sit on a dark tiled altar in front, with a red decorative pot below. To the right, two smaller gold-clad deity figures sit on a purple draped seat. On the floor in front, brass puja vessels, a brass lamp, a small bowl and a red fruit or offering are arranged on a gold cloth. No people are visible.

A dark-stone deity murti seated on a dark tiled altar beneath an ornate gilded arch. The figure wears a tall conical crown, a gold necklace and a red and white silk garment with gold border, and holds up two hands with red flower garlands. Offerings are arranged before it: a pineapple, bananas, oranges, apples and green grapes, with brass oil lamps and a small brass bowl at the sides. No people are visible.

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A dark stone deity murti of Goddess Lakshmi is seated in a niche framed by an ornate gold arch against a deep red wall, dressed in a pink and gold silk sari. She wears layered gold necklaces, a jeweled crown, and a long garland of pink roses and white buds that drapes across her shoulders and lap. Light grey-and-black tiles form the floor of the shrine, with scattered petals at the base.

A dark-complexioned deity murti is seated on a raised pedestal in an ornate gilded arch with a red and gold patterned backdrop. The murti wears a lavender and gold saree, a white-and-gold garland, and a crown with a lamp-like finial. Lit oil lamps sit on the pedestal in front of the figure. No people are visible in the scene.

A priest kneels at lower left in white dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames before a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a blue sari-style cloth, a tall gold crown, layered gold necklaces, a white and pink garland, and a tall gold-framed shrine arch behind it draped in red cloth. Fruit, brass vessels and flowers sit on a black-tiled altar ledge at right, with a brass lamp stand beside the deity. A printed caption at lower right reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda Paramashivam, indicating the event photo rather than any identified person.