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A photograph inside a gold-tiled temple room in KAILASA Toronto. A bald man with glasses and a moustache, wearing a cream kurta and a maroon vest with a red-and-gold scarf printed with Sanskrit text, holds a string of green limes and a yellow lemon tied with white thread over a deity murti. Behind him a woman in a maroon top with a red bindi watches, and a man in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold border bends forward. The deity murti is dressed in pink and purple fabric with a rudraksha mala and a blue face, beside a dark-purple velvet curtain and a sign reading KAILASA TORONTO. Several people are visible.

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A seated priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-bordered cloth, bare-chested, with white and red tilak on his forehead, threads lime fruits into a garland on a silver plate of green limes. Behind him, a gold-framed deity murti with a trident stands on a purple cloth draped table. Seated women in white and red saris sit on a brown patterned mat in a hall with cream-coloured walls. The scene suggests a ritual preparation of limes, consistent with a puja setting.KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/29/20212021-08-29KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/23/20222022-04-23A temple puja at an altar where a shaved-headed priest in a bare chest and white dhoti stands behind a deity murti decorated with a garland of green limes and pink and red flowers. In the foreground a woman with long black hair wears a white sari with a gold border and arranges limes on the altar, while a woman in a royal blue sari with a gold border and rudraksha beads leans in to place limes. Brass plates hold red petals and a brass kalasha-style vessel sits on the altar cloth. Behind them a golden-framed altar shows an elephant-headed deity murti and pink and white floral decorations. The setting is a temple shrine with ritual offerings.2021-08-29Indoor temple puja in a shrine room with gold-arched niches and yellow curtains. Four people are visible: a woman in a white sari with a gold border reads from an open book on the left; an older woman in white with a red shawl holds a metal plate; a bare-chested man in a white dhoti performs the ritual at a central altar; and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and mask holds a garland of lemons and marigolds over a decorated deity murti. Behind them stand carved deity statues, and the altar table holds brass plates, bowls of rice and vegetable curry, mangoes, pomegranate, flower petals, and a ring of green limes around a blue-draped murti.2022-04-23KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/23/20222022-04-23A bald priest with a faint vertical ash mark on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala, a bare upper body, a white dhoti with a gold border and rubbing ash on his arms, performs a ritual at a gilded deity murti, holding a brass plate with halved yellow fruit (lemons) and pressing one toward the figure's chest. The murti has a tall crown, gold face, and draped deep maroon cloth. An ornate gold arch frames the shrine against a golden stone wall, with a brass vessel in the lower foreground.2024-02-22KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/23/20222022-04-23Devotional temple scene at a KAILASA Toronto shrine before a black stone deity murti dressed in silver ornaments, a pink and white headdress and a garland. A bare-chested, bald priest with glasses and a sacred thread stands at center, holding a chain of golden fried rings. Two women in front: one in a white saree with gold border and long loose hair, another in an orange and teal saree with a flower in her hair, both holding strands of the rings and a brass tray. Piles of green limes, a brass tray of rings, brass lamps and foil-covered vessels sit on a gold brocade cloth. A Ganesha murti stands at left. The offering appears to be a garland of fried rings for a puja.2021-08-29Photo 66788302022-05-13 +1 copiesPhoto 99221552022-05-13 +1 copiesPhoto of a puja inside a temple shrine. A shirtless man with a topknot and rudraksha malas, wearing a white dhoti, stands at left holding turmeric or saffron in his palm over a brass plate of bananas. Seated at right on a blue cushion, a woman in a white sari with a gold border and glasses, with a red bindi, holds a gold plate of flower petals and turmeric. Behind them a woman in a purple sari holds a tray of bananas, pineapple and grapes before a deity murti draped in a red and gold silk garment, decorated with pink roses and a garland. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, incense and marigold petals lie on the floor mat and tiles. Black and gold temple walls frame the shrine.