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A man in a pink short-sleeved collared shirt with a red bindi on his forehead takes a close selfie beside a small home shrine. Behind him on a white table is a framed printed portrait of a figure with a trident, wearing an orange-and-red garment, a red-beaded mala, and a crown-like headdress, seated before floral decoration. In front of the frame are a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a brass bell-shaped lamp, incense sticks, a pink flower and scattered papers. A round wall-mounted electrical box and white pipes stand in the background.

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A man in a peach-coloured collared shirt with a red tilak on his forehead sits at a white table on the right, looking toward the camera. On the table in front stand a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a small brass dish, burning incense sticks, scattered white flower petals, and a loose red flower. Behind them, a framed printed portrait shows a figure in a peach robe with a striped yellow sash and a rudraksha-style mala, hands raised in a gesture, seated on an ornate golden throne with a trident beside it. The wall behind is plain grey with a pipe and wiring at the left.2024-06-12A bare-chested man takes a close selfie in a room with peach-coloured walls and a sheer patterned curtain at left. He wears white vertical tilak lines and a red bindi on his forehead, a white sacred thread across his chest, and a gold chain with a pendant. Behind him on a glass shelf sits a framed portrait of a seated figure in red-orange robes and a matching turban, decorated with red and white flower garlands, a gold pendant and gold chain, with its hands folded in the lap. Small oil lamps, a candle and yellow flowers sit on the shelf before it. A gold and navy ornamental cloth hangs from the shelf at right with a yellow flower on it. One person is present.2024-11-23A bare-chested man with white sacred ash stripes on his forehead, chest and arms, a red kumkum dot on his brow, a gold chain and a pendant, and a white sacred thread over his shoulder stands close to the camera in the foreground. Behind him, on a small altar shelf draped with pink and yellow flower garlands, sits a framed printed portrait of a smiling figure in a red-orange turban and saffron robes, garlanded with flowers and seated in meditation posture; this is a printed image, not a physical person. Lit oil lamps, small offerings, a brass vessel and a kalasha-like pot are arranged on the shelf and below it, with a red and purple flower-decorated cloth over the base. Small deity figures appear beside the portrait.2024-12-28A man takes a close selfie in front of a shrine wall decorated with pink, yellow and white flower garlands. He has a white sacred ash line and a red bindi on his forehead, a dark cord with a pendant around his neck, and a bare upper body with a white cloth. Beside him stands a large life-size cardboard cutout of a smiling man seated in lotus pose, wearing an orange-red turban, orange-red robes, rudraksha beads, gold chains and garlands, holding his hands in meditation mudra. Beneath the cutout are yellow and white flowers on a glass shelf, a small framed picture, a printed poster of a deity with a golden crown and a figure of a seated sage, and a framed photo of a deity. Swamiji candidate is a printed cutout, so it is a depiction; appearance cues are orange-red turban, robes, rudraksha beads and gold ornaments, but identity is unsure.2025-01-14Selfie-style photo of a bare-chested man with white and grey sacred ash horizontal stripes on his forehead and a red dot at the centre, a rudraksha and gold pendant on a chain, and a white sacred thread across his chest. He is in front of a wall with a large life-size cutout portrait of a seated figure wearing a red-orange robe, a red-and-white garland with yellow flowers, gold necklaces and a red-orange turban. Below the portrait is a glass shelf with yellow marigold flowers, a small oil lamp, a brass vessel, a framed deity picture and a small deity image. The portrait is a printed depiction, not a physical person. Only one physical person is visible.2024-11-24A man in a pink shirt and pink dhoti stands barefoot in a shrine room, holding up a dark book with a smiling woman's portrait on its cover. Behind him is a raised shrine with a golden lotus pedestal bearing a deity murti with a crown and garland, a trident, a black stone bull, small brass lamps, a kalasha, a bell and offering plates of flowers and fruit. A sign reads KAILASA SALEM BHARATH and a timestamp reads Nov. 17, 2024 5:35:02 p.m. Salem Tamil Nadu. No other person is shown.2024-11-17A bare-chested man with a shaved head, grey moustache and red tilak on his forehead stands at left in the foreground, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a thin sacred thread, with a bangle on his wrist and his hand resting near a stack of books. Behind him, a framed chart of small figures in red and blue hangs on the wall. On the right, a small altar holds a gold-framed portrait of a seated figure on a throne and a framed photo of a long-haired figure in orange, with lit oil lamps, flower garlands and a brass object. Two wooden murti figures stand in front, one garlanded with orange flowers and one with red and pink flowers. Signs on the wall read KAILASA KORATTUR.2024-11-14A selfie-style photo of a bare-chested man with grey-streaked hair, a white horizontal tilak and red kumkum dot on his forehead, wearing many rudraksha malas and a pendant necklace. He stands in a room with turquoise walls, a framed devotional chart, shelves of books, a silver oil lamp (deepa), and a hanging sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR. Behind him a framed figure in ochre garments with a garland stands beside a deity murti with many arms seated under a decorated arch, garlanded with flowers. A second deity or figure appears partly visible in a framed picture on the shelf.2024-08-12A photograph of a shaven-headed man in a brown sleeveless garment and rudraksha malas, with vibhuti on his forehead, lighting an oil lamp at a home altar. The foreground man reaches toward a brass lamp with lit wick and marigold and yellow flower offerings. Behind him stands a large framed portrait of a figure wearing a red and gold turban with white flowers, a pink garment, rudraksha and ceremonial gold necklaces, and a marigold garland; the portrait is labelled with a sign reading 'KAILASA KORATTUR'. Beside it is a golden deity murti with a framed deity image and red flowers, and a leopard-print cloth lies beneath.2024-11-10November 25 20122012-11-25A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at left in a small room with turquoise walls, holding a lit oil lamp near a gold deity murti with a multi-armed, halo-backed design. He wears a rudraksha mala and a sacred thread across his chest, with vertical tilak on his forehead. A garland of yellow and red flowers hangs above a small sign reading KAILASA KRIYATHUR. Brass oil lamps, a brass plate with offerings and a red-tinted kalasha sit on a white-draped table at right. The setting suggests a home or local shrine puja.2024-10-24Kailasa kanchipuram december 28th 2021