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A photograph inside the KAILASA Toronto temple hall during a fire ritual. A bare-chested priest with a saffron head wrap and gold-bordered white dhoti sits on a low red stool at the left, tending a flame over a yellow-and-gold homa vessel. Beside him, a seated woman in a white sari and a second woman in a magenta sari bend forward over the fire, one offering something to the flame. Brass plates, bowls, and a small kalasha lie on the blue-and-white rug in front, with rose petals and banana-leaf offerings scattered around. Behind them, a row of black deity murtis in saffron robes sits on tiered golden platforms against a plain wall. A white sign reads KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. A gilded throne with a red curtain stands at left, and a deity murti draped in flower garlands stands at right. No a person candidate is visibly present.

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