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A woman in a cream and gold floral sari with a mustard-orange border stands before a golden ornate shrine and performs a puja. She holds a silver deity murti with a blue-painted torso, adorned with gold jewellery and white and pink flowers, and smoke or incense curls around the arrangement. The murti sits on a brass tray with green limes, fried snack garlands, a pineapple, a coconut and pink chrysanthemums on a yellow cloth-covered table, with a lit oil lamp and brass vessels nearby. A rudraksha mala hangs at her neck. A second figure in a blue and silver garment appears partially at the upper left.

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A woman in a floral and peacock-patterned gold and cream sari with a mustard-yellow border stands at a puja table, adorning a silver deity murti with a blue bodice, gold necklace and trident-like staff. She wears a rudraksha mala and a red bindi. The murti is garlanded with white flowers and a ring of fried sweets and green limes, with pink chrysanthemums, a pineapple, a coconut half and copper and brass puja vessels arranged before it. Gold-patterned temple doorway panels frame the scene.2021-06-02A smiling woman in a white shawl and white sari with a blue and gold striped border sits beside a silver-toned deity murti on a gold-embroidered altar cloth. She holds a brass tray of fried vadas arranged in a ring around green limes, white and pink flowers and a coconut, an offering presented before the shrine. Gold-embroidered panels, a dhoti-style cloth, flower garlands and a red bindi frame the scene, with a pink and red flower arrangement and halved coconut in the foreground.2021-06-02A woman in a cream and gold sari with a teal blouse kneels on a blue mat before an offering arrangement in a temple shrine. Before her is a tall pyramid of golden fried rings and green limes wrapped in red and orange marigold garlands, with coconut halves, a brass oil lamp with flame, incense smoke, bowls of red flowers and brass plates marked with an Om symbol arranged on a red cloth. Behind her a deity murti in a blue silk garment is adorned with garlands, and a laptop sits on a counter at right.2022-03-24Photo 82867462022-05-13 +1 copiesA woman in a red and orange sari kneels at the lower left of a temple shrine, lighting or tending an oil lamp in front of a small golden Lakshmi-style figure dressed in yellow and green with a white jasmine garland. Behind her, a large black deity murti with a crown and red-and-white floral garlands stands within an ornate gold arch against a purple backdrop. Fruit offerings including pineapple, apples, oranges, bananas and grapes sit on brass platters, and brass lamps and vessels surround the altar. Several dark stone figures in orange cloth line the left wall. The scene is a Varalakshmi puja with abhishekam-style offerings.2025-08-08A photograph of a puja at a shrine. A devotee in a white sari with a red-and-gold border holds a brass lamp with a lit flame aloft in the left foreground, and a rudraksha mala hangs at their chest. On the right, a metal murti of a deity wears a blue-and-gold crown, a red and yellow marigold garland, and a large garland of dried rings and green fruits. In front, brass trays hold fruit including apples, grapes and mango, a bowl of yellow flowers, and several small oil lamps lit on a rust-coloured cloth. A golden arch frames the murti, and a poster reading KAILASA TORONTO CANADA hangs above. A white statue with a crown and garland stands at the left edge. The scene shows an abhishekam-style puja with aarti lamps and offerings.2026-01-10A woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold border stands at a shrine, holding a brass lamp tray with a lit oil lamp and a brass pitcher, performing an aarti-style offering. Behind her a gold-colored statue of a standing deity is partly visible. The central deity murti is adorned with a large red and yellow marigold garland and a ring garland of dried rings, a blue-and-gold headdress, and fruit like limes and apples. Lit oil lamps sit on leaf-lined plates on a purple-draped altar, with a bowl of yellow rice and a bowl of fruit including grapes, apples, oranges and pears in the foreground. A gold arched frame and sparkling silver curtain surround the murti.2026-01-10A woman in a cream sari with gold-toned border stands before a decorated offering arranged with green limes, orange and red flower garlands, and ring-shaped snacks, lit by a brass oil lamp with a bright flame. She holds the lamp in one hand and a small brass vessel in the other. Behind her a black stone Ganesha murti sits in a shrine with gold ornamentation and orange marigold garlands hang at the right edge. A green banana leaf and a small white conch shell lie in the foreground. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti at a temple shrine.2021-11-26KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 3/24/20222022-03-24A woman in a cream sari with gold embroidery and a turquoise blouse performs a ritual by a decorated offering. She holds a small brass vessel and pours or waves a lamp over a large heap of ring-shaped sweets, green limes, red flower garlands with yellow marigolds, and a lit flame atop the offering. Brass plates, a cracked coconut half and small oil lamps sit on the foreground, and a deity murti with a dark face is visible in a shrine behind her.2022-03-24A woman seated on the left in a cream and white striped saree with a magenta blouse, rudraksha mala around her neck, a tilak on her forehead and a blue bangle, sits with palms pressed together in prayer before a decorated deity murti of Devi Lakshmi. The goddess sits enthroned in a gold carved shrine with white jasmine garlands and pink flower garlands, wearing a silver crown and an orange-red sari. In front stands a red-draped altar with a decorated kalasha topped with a red cone, marigold and rose offerings, brass bowls, an oil lamp, incense sticks and a bell. The setting is a Varalaxmi Vratham puja.2024-08-16A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at left, holding a lit multi-wick brass oil lamp (aarti) toward a shrine decorated with marigold and multicolored flower garlands. Dark deity murti are dressed in colourful garments and ornaments on a silver-framed altar. A large black shivalinga-style stone with a marigold garland and gold ornament sits centrally, flanked by brass lamps, banana, pineapple and fruit offerings, and a small female figure in pink. Gilded carved pillars frame the scene. No a person candidate is visibly present.2022-03-01