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June 06 20122012-06-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a screen showing a temple shrine room with ornate gold-framed niches and a central deity murti with orange and green garments. A printed sign reading "TORONTO KAILASH" stands in front of the altar. Several devotees sit on the floor: a woman in a red sari in the foreground, a woman in white beside her, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers at right, and others in orange and white garments near the altar. A kalasha-like pot and offerings sit on the altar base. The shrine appears to be a satsang setting in a temple hall.2011-10-25December 27 20162016-12-27A photograph inside the KAILASA Toronto temple shows a shrine with gold-framed arches, a golden deity murti, and a large black Shivalinga-style form draped in a blue and white cloth on a central altar. A bamboo-pole flag stands before the altar. Brass pots, lamps, plates of fruit and vegetables, and red-draped tables hold flowers and offerings. On the left, an older man with a cap and shawl and another man stand with palms pressed together. On the right, several women in saris and a white-clad woman stand with hands folded in namaste. A sign reads KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. No identifiable a person is visible.December 18 20112011-12-18December 05 20112011-12-05A photograph inside the KAILASA Toronto temple during a ritual. In the foreground a bare-chested priest with a saffron-orange turban and white dhoti with gold border faces the shrine, his back to the camera, a sacred thread across his shoulder. Tables draped in red and green cloth hold brass plates, trays of oranges, sweets, flowers, garlands and rows of small covered steel containers. Behind them about a dozen devotees, mostly women in saris, stand with palms pressed together in prayer. The gold-framed shrine holds a deity murti adorned with garlands, with a sign reading KAILASA Toronto Canada above it, and flanking deity figures in gold niches. Blue drapes frame the central altar.Photo of a temple hall with a gold-framed shrine and deity murtis, and a sign reading KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. Several women sit at brass lamp trays with lit oil lamps, flowers and offerings, performing puja. Some wear saris in green, yellow and pink, one wears a black top, another a teal salwar with a sheer scarf. Along the right wall, rows of dark stone or wooden statues of seated sages in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas line tiered platforms, and no living person in saffron is visible. A blue curtain and gilded arch frame the shrine. The scene shows a group ritual lamp offering.2025-08-08A photograph of a monitor displaying a video call split into two panels. The large lower panel shows a seated group of about 15 devotees in a bright room, several in orange and saffron, one in a blue sari with palms pressed together, and a man in white with a black-and-white scarf sitting cross-legged. The smaller upper-left panel shows a temple shrine with golden arches, lit oil lamps and deity murtis, with more seated devotees. A banner in the monitor reads Toronto Kailasam. The screen shows a Rudrabhishekam satsang.2016-12-27A photograph of a Varalakshmi Vratam puja in the KAILASA Toronto temple hall. Several women sit cross-legged on the white marble floor in saris, including a woman in a yellow-green silk sari and another in a teal-and-green sari, each before a brass plate of offerings and oil lamps. A seated priest in white dhoti with bare upper body, at left, leads the rite beside a microphone. A young girl in white sits among them. Behind them, a golden shrine holds a deity murti with garlands, and rows of seated figures in orange robes line the back wall beneath a blue drape with a Nataraja-style image. A woman in a yellow sari and a man in white clothes sit at the right edge.2025-08-08Photograph inside the KAILASA Toronto temple hall, with a seated audience of devotees in folding chairs facing the front. Foreground attendees include a man in a plaid shirt, a man in a cream kurta, a woman in a yellow sari, and a woman in a red sari with a brown shawl. Near the front, several people sit on the floor, including a girl in yellow and a woman in green, in front of a low table with flowers, a brass lamp and ritual items. Gold-ornamented shrines hold deity murtis in the background, including a figure in orange robes and blue-skinned murti with a bow. A red and white sign on the centre altar reads KAILASA TORONTO. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.A two-panel collage of a temple-style hall with gold-trimmed shrines, deity murtis and a golden kalasha. Left panel: a bald man in an orange shirt sits facing a shrine as women in green and pink saris sit near a table with offerings and oil lamps. Right panel: a woman in a yellow and pink sari presses her palms together in anjali, while a woman in a green sweater, a woman in a yellow sari and white shawl with rudraksha mala, and an older man sit on the floor near a red-draped table with a brass vessel. The caption reads Kailasa Toronto Abishekam for swamiji, describing an abhishekam performed in Toronto.2022-12-19