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A photograph inside a temple hall where a group of women in saris and salwar kameez gather around a ritual offering table. A woman in a dark embroidered outfit holds a tray toward the table, while others in orange, teal and red garments look on. The table holds brass plates of fruit, bananas, flowers, sweets and small bowls of grains and kumkum, with brass lamps and a kalasha nearby. To the right stands a dark deity murti with a golden crown, adorned with red and white garlands, beside a painted figure with multiple arms. Golden lion-like pillars frame a shrine in the background, and a sign reads KAILASA Toronto Canada. Several cameras and devotees are visible at the left edge.

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A photograph of an indoor temple room with a concrete block wall and exposed ceiling ducts. On the left, a dark stone deity murti is draped in red and gold cloth and garlanded with green and white flowers, with a sign reading "KAILASA TORONTO CANADA" in front. Brass lamps, a silver-toned plate of fruit, bowls of offerings and a tray of flowers sit on a purple cloth on the altar. Centre, a group of women in saris and salwar kameez, one in an orange and gold sari, stand together extending hands toward the altar in worship, with a young girl in green beside them. Behind the altar, a golden Nataraja murti in a dancing pose stands before a maroon curtain, with additional murtis and a row of seated figures along the right wall.2024-10-10Photograph inside a hall with a corrugated metal ceiling and tan block walls, showing a temple shrine lined with gold-framed arches and red-and-pink garlands. 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Ornate gold lion-like carvings frame the left side.2024-10-10A photograph of a temple shrine with a dark stone deity murti standing in a gold arched niche, wearing a gold crown, red cloth, and garlands of yellow and orange marigolds. Beside it, a second altar holds dark stone figures dressed in pink and red cloth with garlands. A woman in a green and maroon sari, seen from behind, performs a ritual with a lamp near the shrine, while a woman in an orange and green sari stands at right observing. A printed sign reads KAILASA TORONTO CANADA. In front, brass plates hold fruit, flowers, pineapple, grapes, and a brass kalasha-like vessel on a purple cloth, with oil lamps nearby. An exit sign is visible on the wall.2024-05-10A temple shrine scene with a priest in a bare-chested white dhoti standing before a deity murti of Lord Muruga, dark-faced and adorned with red and white flower garlands, a golden crown and a spear-like vel. Three women in saris stand with palms pressed together in prayer: one in an orange and dark brown outfit at left, one in a red and gold brocade sari in the centre-right, and one in a magenta sari at right. A brass tray with red marigold garlands, fruit, flower petals, a kalasha-style vessel and brass lamps sits on a green gold-patterned cloth in the foreground. Peacock feathers decorate the gold arched frame, and a blue-skinned deity figure stands at left. Blue fairy lights hang along the wall. This appears to be a puja or archana in progress.