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A bare-chested priest with white ash stripes on his arms and a rudraksha mala around his neck performs aarti before a golden shrine containing a dark deity murti in pink silk, adorned with yellow and red garlands and a crown. He holds a brass lamp with a flame toward the deity. A white paper lotus, fruit, a brass plate, a kumkum bowl and a small framed portrait sit on the altar. A gold-framed shrine with a yellow-plumed figure and a red sign reading KAILASA TORONTO CANADA are visible in the background. The priest's face is not shown clearly enough to support any identification.

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