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A bare-chested older man with grey hair and a moustache sits cross-legged on a tiled floor in front of a gilded shrine, hands pressed together in anjali mudra. He wears a green dhoti with white border, white tripundra marks on his forehead and chest, and a red bindi. Behind him stand a deity murti with dark face, orange garment and green cape garlanded with white and red flowers, a trident mounted on the gold wall, framed black-and-white portraits, and a shivalinga with a garland and kalasha-like base. Gold arches and white draped cloth frame the shrine.

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A blurred, overexposed photo inside a shrine. In the right foreground, a bare-chested older man with a white moustache and beard, white marks on his forehead, and a beaded mala around his neck looks toward the camera. Behind him, two deity murti are decorated with white flower garlands and red-and-white adornments, with a yellow cloth draped below them. The left edge is a dark blurred object in the foreground.Photo 82893382022-07-27 +1 copiesPhoto 66794672022-08-01 +1 copiesA bare-chested male priest in white dhoti with red border kneels with his back to the camera before an altar in an orange-walled room. Behind him stands a gold-framed shrine with a blue curtain housing a multi-armed deity murti in orange and gold garments with a crown, flanked by a red-clad and a magenta-clad female figure. A flat cutout of a smiling man in a maroon turban and garland, holding a yellow staff, stands at left on a red-cushioned chair. A small shrine containing figurines sits on a green cloth in front of the altar, with brass plates, oil lamps, a banana leaf, rice and small bottles on the floor. A sign reads KAILASA AVADI on the wall.2025-03-08Two men sit in a doorway of a shrine room facing inward. The man on the left wears an orange-saffron robe and a lanyard with an ID card and has white hair and a beard. The man on the right wears a green polo shirt, a rudraksha mala and a small tilak, and has a white moustache. Behind them, a gold-coloured shrine holds a seated deity murti in green and gold draped clothing with a green turban, garlanded with white and red flower garlands, flanked by gold thrones and a brass bowl of offerings. A deity figure with four arms and a tall crown sits above. The timestamp in the corner reads 20/08/2025 17:38.KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/3/20212021-07-03A photograph of a bare-chested man with short greying hair and a grey moustache, standing in a plain white-walled room with his palms pressed together in namaste. A white cloth is draped over his left shoulder, a dark rudraksha-style mala hangs at his neck, and a yellow thread is tied on his right wrist, with a white tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a framed portrait on the wall shows a seated figure in orange robes with a flower garland, and a bottle and small papers sit on a shelf at lower right. The man is the only physical person visible.KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 7/1/20212021-07-01A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with yellow-orange border stands in a yellow-walled room, holding a bell in one hand and lighting a small flame or lamp with the other at a shrine. On the left, a large framed image of a deity with a garland, gold ornaments and brass deity figures sit on a tiled altar with brass plates, a kalasha-style vessel and flower petals. Framed pictures on the wall show a goddess in red with multiple hands and a robed figure in orange. A rudraksha mala hangs around his neck. Ritual puja with aarti in a home shrine.2021-06-27A bare-chested man with short greying hair and a white moustache sits against a plain pale wall, pressing his palms together in añjali mudrā at his chest. He wears two white cloth bundles tied on top of his head, a dark beaded necklace, a gold bangle on one wrist, and white tilak markings on his forehead. The image contains no visible text, and the setting appears to be a simple indoor room.A photograph inside a small shrine room with yellow walls and white floor tiles. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange border and white sacred ash lines on his body, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands bent over an altar performing worship with his hands. The altar holds a framed painted figure of a seated man with long hair and a crown-like headdress, several small deity murtis, a brass lamp with a lit flame, brass plates, small bowls and marigold garlands in red and yellow. Decorative paper diyas are stuck to the ornate arch behind the altar.2021-06-28KAILASA KULIM, MALAYSIA on 6/30/20212021-06-30