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A small shrine corner in a turquoise-painted room. A man in a rust-orange shawl and rudraksha mala, with a shaved head and moustache, bends over an altar at right, holding a lit incense stick or agarbatti. On the altar stands a cutout print of a multi-armed, many-headed deity with a crown and a seated figure below, garlanded with yellow, pink and red flowers. Beside it is a standing cutout photograph of a man in a pink robe and red-and-white turban, wearing a rudraksha mala and a garland of orange marigolds. A brass oil lamp burns at left, next to a framed painting and a small metal figure. A white paper sign hangs above reading KAILASA KORATTUR.

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A shirtless man with a grey-streaked head, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a white dhoti with yellow border, stands at right offering yellow flowers at a golden ornate seat. At left stands a multi-armed golden deity murti with a flower garland, seated on a black pedestal with a small oil lamp. Behind them is a cutout standee of a smiling man in saffron robes with a turban, orange and white flower garlands and rudraksha malas, hands folded in his lap. A paper sign on the turquoise wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR. Leopard-print cloth covers the seats and a brown wooden cabinet stands at left.2025-02-01A 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. 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On a wooden table draped in leopard-print cloth stands a deity murti with many arms and a flower garland. Beside it, a life-size printed cutout shows a smiling figure in a red turban and saffron-red robe, wearing an orange-yellow flower garland and beads. Framed images and brass lamps stand on the left. In the foreground a man with white vibhuti marks on his forehead holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand over a brass tray of white and yellow flowers, performing aarti.2025-02-14 +1 copies