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Photo inside a temple shrine of four people performing a puja. Three adult men stand bare-chested in white dhotis with sandalwood marks on their bodies, and one wears a blue shirt. A small boy in a white dhoti stands at left, looking up. On the right, a man in a mask and white dhoti holds a brass plate and a flower-decorated object. In the centre, a man in glasses offers a garland of fried snacks over an orange-draped platform piled with green limes. A phone on a tripod films the ritual. Behind them are a black deity murti with gold jewellery and blue cloth, and golden shrine arches. Brass lamps and a bowl of rose petals sit in the foreground.

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KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/23/20222022-04-23KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/23/20222022-04-23Indoor temple puja in a shrine room with gold-arched niches and yellow curtains. Four people are visible: a woman in a white sari with a gold border reads from an open book on the left; an older woman in white with a red shawl holds a metal plate; a bare-chested man in a white dhoti performs the ritual at a central altar; and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and mask holds a garland of lemons and marigolds over a decorated deity murti. Behind them stand carved deity statues, and the altar table holds brass plates, bowls of rice and vegetable curry, mangoes, pomegranate, flower petals, and a ring of green limes around a blue-draped murti.2022-04-23KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/23/20222022-04-23KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 9/28/20212021-09-28KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 9/28/20212021-09-28Priests in white dhotis perform a Kalabhairava puja at a shrine with a golden arch and a Ganesha murti in the background. Smoke from incense or camphor rises across the scene. In the foreground, a tiered offering of green limes, orange-ringed vada-style fried snacks and garlands rests on a white cloth, with a brass lamp lit beside it. A priest in the right foreground holds a rudraksha mala and wears a face mask, and another priest in the centre bends over the offering. A black Nandi figure sits at left on a pink-and-gold cloth, and orange marigold garlands decorate the upper right. Two people are visible, both wearing face masks.2021-09-28Photograph inside a golden-walled Hindu temple shrine. Five bare-chested men in white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in anjali, facing the camera, with a small bare-chested boy in front of them also in anjali. A man in a black face mask wears a red tilak, and a man in a dark jacket stands behind with hands folded. Behind them are gilded arches, a deity murti draped in garlands, and a bright altar with a colourful figure in pink and blue, beside a silver kalasha. In front, a brass tray of bananas, grapes, pomegranate, apples and oranges, plus a lit oil lamp, brass bowls, a folded teal and gold silk cloth with jewelled ornament, and a brass aarti plate and vessels on a side table.2024-04-07KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 4/23/20222022-04-23KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/29/20212021-08-29KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 9/28/20212021-09-28KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 8/10/20212021-08-10