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A small home shrine room photographed in daylight. A smiling man in an orange-red saffron robe with a white turban, rudraksha mala and a red tilak sits cross-legged in front of a yellow-draped altar, one hand raised in blessing. A sign reading KAILASA SAN DIEGO is taped to the wall beside him. On the altar are a white Ganesha statue, a gold yantra-like plate, brass lamps, flowers, a brass plate of food and small bronze deity murtis. A framed gold-toned Tirupati-style deity picture hangs on the wall, and a painted canvas of a saffron-clad figure with a staff is on the right. A low wooden shelf holds bananas, bronze Shiva and Parvati figures, a white Ganesha and miscellaneous household items. A steel thali with rice, dal and curries sits on a red table in the foreground.

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