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Photograph of an altar display at a KAILASA Toronto Canada space. In the foreground a silver tray holds fresh produce: a head of cabbage, two green bitter gourds, corn cobs, lemons, green beans and a pale butternut-style squash, with root vegetables at the back. A gold-coloured kalasha-like finial sits on a maroon cloth in front. Behind, a maroon-draped table holds many small pink and red oil lamps lit with flames and two brass-style lamps. A gold sign reads KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. On the left, a deity murti with silver face ornaments and a marigold garland sits beside a gold arch, and a white-and-gold deity murti with garlands stands on the right. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a Deepavali ritual display at KAILASA Toronto Canada. A cluster of small red and gold decorated oil lamps with lit flames surrounds two larger lit diyas on a red-draped table. Behind them stands a white sign reading KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. Two metallic murti figures of deities, one with a white and gold crown, stand beside the lamps. In the foreground lies an offering of fresh vegetables and fruit: a cucumber, green beans, a cabbage, a squash-like gourd, lemons and two dark gold-dusted items. No people are visible.Interior shrine photograph of a temple altar with gold-coloured sculptures on the walls. Behind the altar stands a gilded deity murti with a crown, garlanded in white and orange flowers, beside another figure in pink and gold dress. In front, a dark Shiva linga is draped in white and red flower garlands and rests on a maroon cloth. A brass tray holds nine small metal tins of grains and pulses in red, yellow, black, green and white. 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