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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.

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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.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 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.2026-01-10Devotional temple scene at a KAILASA Toronto shrine before a black stone deity murti dressed in silver ornaments, a pink and white headdress and a garland. A bare-chested, bald priest with glasses and a sacred thread stands at center, holding a chain of golden fried rings. Two women in front: one in a white saree with gold border and long loose hair, another in an orange and teal saree with a flower in her hair, both holding strands of the rings and a brass tray. Piles of green limes, a brass tray of rings, brass lamps and foil-covered vessels sit on a gold brocade cloth. A Ganesha murti stands at left. The offering appears to be a garland of fried rings for a puja.2021-08-29A 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.2026-01-10KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/29/20212021-08-29KAILASA 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.2022-03-24KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/29/20212021-08-29A 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.2022-03-24A woman in a pink and maroon saree with a navy blue patterned blouse arranges a tall offering of ring-shaped fried snacks stacked on a gold-bordered tray, decorated with yellow lemons, green limes and red flowers. She wears gold earrings, a nose ring, bangles and a black braided plait. Behind her, a black stone deity murti in orange and yellow cloth stands on a dark tiled altar, with gold ornaments, a brass plate and garlands nearby. Another person in blue clothing is partly visible at left.2021-08-29KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/29/20212021-08-29