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A photograph inside a small room with turquoise walls at KAILASA Korattur. A man in a white turban with gold trim, bare-chested and wearing long rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, holds an oil lamp (aarti) over a golden deity murti with multiple arms on a wooden shelf draped in leopard-print cloth. Marigold garlands and red flowers hang around it. Behind is a framed portrait of a seated figure in red and gold, next to a standing cutout figure wearing a red turban with flower decorations, red robes and orange marigold garlands, and a golden chair. Also visible are a framed deity image, brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel and a small sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR.

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A photograph of a shrine room with pale turquoise walls. A man in a white and gold-bordered headwrap and bare chest, wearing a long rudraksha mala, leans forward to light or adjust a small brass oil lamp on an ornate gold-and-blue stand decorated with yellow flowers. Behind him is a sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR. On the left stands a framed deity image of a multi-armed, multi-headed figure with a flower garland and red flowers. In the centre, a cutout photograph of a smiling figure in red and orange robes, wearing a red headdress, rudraksha mala and flower garlands, stands beside the lamp. The man is the only physical person visible in the scene. Probable identity cues are not clearly enough to confirm the shrine photo subject as a person, so the a person field is unsure.A shirtless man in a white turban with gold borders stands at right, wearing rudraksha mala strands, a red pouch and glasses, and performs a ritual by a small shrine. He holds a metal vessel and lowers his hand toward an altar. On the altar is a carved deity murti with many arms and a flower garland, beside a cutout portrait of a smiling person in a red turban, orange garlands, and beads. Framed portraits and a brass oil lamp stand on a side table, and a paper sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR. Small oil lamps burn at the base of the altar.A bare-chested man in a white turban with gold border and a white dhoti with gold waistband stands at a small altar, lowering his hand toward a lit oil lamp on a wooden stand. He wears long rudraksha malas across his chest. On the altar is a gilded multi-armed deity murti draped in garlands, beside a seated figure in a red robe with marigold garlands. Framed portraits hang on the left wall, and a sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR BHARAT is mounted on the turquoise wall. Brass oil lamps and a small kalasha-like vessel sit on a side table.2025-09-05A man with a shaved head and white tilak marks on his forehead stands at right in a small room, wearing a long rudraksha mala draped over bare shoulders and a pendant on a cord, bending forward to tend an offering on a brass tray. Beside him is a shrine: a multi-armed deity murti with a many-headed halo is adorned with flower garlands and seated on a dark altar with a small oil lamp. Next to it stands a cardboard or printed cutout of a seated saffron-clad figure wearing a flower-decorated turban and an orange garland, labelled as a Kailasa shrine display. A golden ornate chair-like seat with yellow flowers sits to the right. A printed sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR, and shelves of books are at right.A priest in a white turban with gold border and rudraksha malas stands at right, bare-chested, holding a small metal implement over an ornate golden-and-blue box on a small altar. Beside him sits a framed printed portrait of a figure in saffron-red robes with flower garlands and an orange-red headpiece, shown seated; the portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person. On the left is a gold-framed deity murti with multiple arms and a flower garland hanging above it. A paper sign on the turquoise wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR BHARAT. Oil lamp lights glow at the altar.2025-07-03A devotee in a white turban with gold border and a rudraksha mala lights an oil lamp at a shrine in a room with turquoise walls. The shrine holds a gilded throne-like altar with a multi-armed deity murti draped in a leopard-print cloth, and a central portrait-style figure of a seated saint in red and orange robes wearing a garland of marigolds and a rudraksha necklace, with a red head-wrap decorated with white flowers. A small framed photograph of a smiling person with a garland sits on a brass stand with yellow flowers. A framed painting hangs at left, and a sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR CHENNAI. Flower garlands hang from the top of the frame.2025-05-02A small shrine room with turquoise walls and a sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR CHENNAI. A man in white ritual headwear with a white forehead mark and a tilak leans in from the right, holding a flame near the altar. The altar holds a large golden carved deity murti with multiple arms, behind a leopard-print cloth, with lit oil lamps and yellow and red flowers. A printed portrait of a smiling figure in a red turban, orange-red robe and garlands sits in a chair beside the murti; this portrait is not a physical person. A framed picture of a figure in white robes hangs on the left wall. Flower garlands drape over the altar backdrop.A man in a white turban with gold border and a bare upper body, wearing rudraksha beads, lights oil lamps before a gilded deity murti with multiple arms, draped with flower garlands in yellow, orange and red. On the shelf to the left are framed portraits, brass lamps and a small ornate kalasha-like pot. Behind the murti stands a cutout photograph with orange garlands and rudraksha mala. A small white sign on the turquoise wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR.A bare-chested priest in a white head cloth with gold border and white dhoti stands at right, holding a small brass vessel over a shrine. On the left is a deity murti with many faces and arms against an ornate golden backdrop, decorated with flowers and a lit oil lamp on a dark shelf over a leopard-print cloth. In the centre stands a printed cutout portrait of a smiling figure in a red and gold turban, orange and red garlands, and rudraksha malas, seated on a gold throne. Beside it is a small framed photo with pink flowers. A wall sign reads KAILASA KORATTUR BHARAT.2025-05-13A photograph of a shaven-headed man in a shrine room with turquoise walls, seen in profile at the right edge, leaning over a brass oil lamp (aarti/puja) lit on a dark cabinet. He wears a bare-chested look with a brown rudraksha-style mala and a wristwatch and bangles on his arm. On the cabinet stands a carved wooden deity murti with multiple arms and a flower garland, a framed photograph of a seated man in orange robes, a framed portrait of a man in white on an ornate chair, a small framed picture of deities, brass lamps and lit diyas. A sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR. A cutout printed figure of a smiling man in red-and-orange robes, a red turban, garlands and a rudraksha mala sits on a gold chair at right. Only the one physical person is present.2024-07-15KAILASA KORATTUR CHENNAI On 16/2/20252025-02-14 +1 copiesA man in a white cloth headwear with gold borders and bare upper body, wearing rudraksha malas and a pendant, holds a small oil lamp toward a shrine. Behind him on a brown leopard-print cloth stands a golden deity murti with multiple arms and a garlanded figure seated on a lotus-like base. Beside it a standing cardboard-style portrait of a smiling figure in a red-saffron robe and a red turban with white flowers, wearing orange and marigold garlands and a rudraksha mala, is labelled with a printed sign above. A gilded ornate throne-like chair holds a framed photo of a smiling woman in pink. A kalasha with lit lamps and a wall sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR is visible. Diyas burn on the altar and the room has turquoise walls.2025-05-16