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A woman in a blue sari and maroon blouse kneels at a shrine, ringing a brass bell in her right hand while holding a small brass lamp in her left, performing puja. Behind her stand white statues of Krishna playing a flute in blue and gold garments and Radha in a pink and green sari, with a small blue-skinned child figure beneath them. The deities are draped in an orange and gold brocade cloth decorated with rainbow-coloured flower garlands and white jasmine strands. A golden statue of a seated figure in a red turban and maroon dhoti stands at left against gold curtains. A brass plate with offerings sits in the foreground.

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KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 12/27/20202020-12-27A woman in a teal sari with a white head covering sits cross-legged on the floor, holding a lit oil lamp and a small brass bell during an aarti-style puja. Before her is a yellow cloth laden with offerings: a bowl of yellow turmeric rice, bananas, a brass plate with a conch shell, kumkum, flowers and small diyas. Behind her a row of black stone figures in orange and green garments with white flower garlands stand in tiers against a red brick wall. At the back left, white marble figures of a flute-playing deity and a consort in green and gold stand on a raised platform beside a green curtain, with a small blue figure in front. The scene is a devotional puja in an indoor hall.2021-01-30A photograph of a temple puja in progress before a row of marble-like deity murtis draped in yellow and gold garments and garlands of orange and white flowers. Two standing figures stand in the centre, one with a crown and a wand in its hands. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a sacred thread sits on a green cloth beside a woman in a blue top and green and yellow sari, who holds a long stick tied to a small decorated swing or cradle adorned with marigold garlands. Brass containers, a silver plate of bananas and fruit, and a small deity figure sit on the green cloth. Behind them stands a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a brown dhoti. Pink and green decorative fans hang on the wall behind the murtis.Photo 99211752022-06-11 +1 copiesIndoor temple shrine with yellow-painted walls and a pink patterned rug. Several life-sized painted statues stand on a raised platform: a figure in a red-orange robe with a gold crown and garland, a deity murti in teal sari with a gold crown, and a deity in dark red robes with a gold crown and red beaded necklace. A long-haired girl in a mustard-yellow kurta stands at left holding a gold plate with a lamp, while a seated person in gold clothing with bangles performs puja at a low silver tray with brass vessels and flowers. Marigold and multicolour garlands hang above the shrine, and peacock feathers decorate the altar.2024-10-01Photo 99216022022-04-09 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 6/28/20212021-06-28Indoor temple shrine with several painted deity murti and statues along the left wall, including a standing figure in white and gold with a crown, and seated dark-stone figures adorned with yellow flower garlands. A woman in an orange sari stands at a table draped in orange cloth, arranging fruit, bananas, brass plates and oil lamps as an offering. Beside her, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and sacred thread attends the puja. Ornate gold arches frame further deities, and at right a figure is decorated with red and white garlands. A few seated devotees are visible at the lower right edge.2022-05-05 +1 copiesPhoto 99192062022-04-09 +1 copiesIndoor temple shrine with a golden seated figure in a red turban and necklaces on a black tiled pedestal at left, beside colourful deity murtis in blue and pink and a row of small orange-clad murtis on shelves at right. Three men in white dhotis stand before the shrine: a bare-chested man in the centre-right holding a bell in one hand with palms pressed together, a man in white with a face mask holding a small bell, and an older man at the far right in a white dhoti with a sacred thread, hands folded in namaskar. Green and orange prayer mats cover the floor, with a purple cloth at the left edge. This appears to be a puja during a Skanda Shasti observance.2021-11-05A woman in a purple sari with a gold blouse sits cross-legged on a red and white striped mat during a puja, pouring or offering from a small brass vessel onto a plate. Three decorated deity images stand behind her on a red and gold dais, garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds and red roses, with silver crowns and ornaments. Brass plates hold bananas, oranges, guavas, flower petals and sweets, with a lit oil lamp and brass lamps around the altar. Yellow walls are hung with flower garlands. No a person candidate is visible in this photograph.2021-04-16A temple shrine decorated for Krishna Janmashtami with marble deity murtis of Krishna playing a flute and Radha in yellow and red silk saris, adorned with yellow and red flower garlands. Behind them stands a murti of a goddess with a lion mount and raised weapons. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti with bare upper body and rudraksha mala sits on green cloth beside a woman in a teal floral kurta, both offering flowers and a garland. Bananas, a brass plate, flower petals, and a small Krishna figure on a swing with a wooden frame sit on the green altar cloth. Other people are partly visible at the left edge, including a bare-chested man with a mala.