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A photograph inside a gold-toned temple shrine room at KAILASA Toronto. A deity murti dressed in pink and adorned with a flower garland stands in a gold arched niche with a red backdrop, with small figures beside it. In the foreground a red-clad altar table holds brass plates of fruit, flowers, sweets and a kalasha-style offering, with brass lamps. A man in a white dhoti and saffron-shawl-free white attire, standing at left, reaches toward the altar while a woman in a navy sari with a yellow border assists. A woman in a pink sari with a green blouse offers a tray, another woman in a green sari stands center, and an older woman in a red sari with a mala waits at right. A man in a dark jacket holds a potted plant on a brass tray at right edge, and a hand holding a tray is visible at lower right. Ritual puja offering scene.

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