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A photograph inside a temple-style hall with painted blue and gold wave-patterned ceiling beds and green leaves hanging. A bearded elder in an orange and gold patterned shawl with a red headband sits on a striped cushion at left, reaching toward a white and gold pillar wrapped in red thread. Behind a brown donation box labelled with white letters, a deity murti with a golden crown and red garments stands among marigolds. A woman in a sheer cream sari with a black mask bends forward, and a man in a yellow robe and white mask stands at right beside another man in glasses. Visible audience heads occupy the foreground.

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Photo 82875822022-07-04KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 7/4/20222022-07-04 +1 copiesA temple scene with a painted, colourful ornamental canopy above a central raised area. An elderly man with a long white beard and a red-orange headband, wearing saffron and orange draped robes, stands at a raised platform beside a striped tiger-skin seat, extending his hand over a tray held by a man in white at left. Beside him a man in a yellow robe and face mask stands near a white and red decorated pillar and a box labelled HUNDI. A woman in a cream dress and mask presses her palms together in front of a bearded man in a yellow dhoti. Marigold flowers lie on the platform, and a deity murti is visible behind the pillar. Seated audience members are visible at the bottom edge.2022-07-04 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 7/4/20222022-07-04 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 7/4/20222022-07-04 +1 copiesMarch 21 20222022-03-21October 09 20082008-10-09March 21 20222022-03-21November 14 20212021-11-14October 16 20082008-10-16A photograph inside a golden-walled temple hall with a white marble floor. On the left, a woman in a cream and gold sari stands with palms pressed together in namaste. In the centre, a priest in white dhoti and a brown shawl stands at a black altar table holding a ritual object. Behind him, a decorated altar has a large image in a pink and purple robe with a red turban, garlanded with yellow and orange flowers, flanked by gold shrine arches and deity murtis. A maroon and navy cloth covers the offering tables, which hold brass lamps, a kalasha and a feather fan. A wall of small figures stands at left. A sign reads KAILASA TORONTO.Photograph inside a temple hall during Thaipoosam. In the foreground an elderly woman with short dark hair, wearing a cream and gold-patterned shawl, rudraksha beads and a pendant, looks down while holding a yellow plastic bag. Behind her a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and red cloth around his waist stands beside a decorated statue wreathed in white and pink flowers. A bald man in a white embroidered shirt and a man in yellow clothing stand nearby, with a colourful umbrella and hanging marigold garlands above. Four people are visible, and the scene shows no printed text or a person depiction.2026-02-01