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A devotional puja scene indoors in front of a yellow wall. A large cut-out portrait of a seated figure with a saffron turban, red garland, and ornate necklaces is placed on a red-draped seat, with a flower offering at its base. In the foreground a older priest with grey hair and white dhoti with gold border sits on a green cloth, holding a small bell and gesturing over offerings. A young boy in pink sits beside him. Brass trays hold a kalasha-style vessel, a copper pot, small bowls, fruit, flowers and a lit oil lamp. A tall decorated banner hangs on the wall to the right, and the room shows a white marble floor beyond the doorway.

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Indoor puja room with yellow walls and a marble floor. A shirtless older man with grey hair, a rudraksha mala and a gold chain, wearing a white dhoti with gold border, sits on a green cloth and performs neivethiyam, holding a small brass vessel over a tray of offerings. Two children sit nearby, one in a dark blue t-shirt. On the left, a framed picture of a bearded man with red and white garlands and a golden crown-like headdress is set on a shelf beside a trident and a deity murti. Brass plates, dishes of food, a lamp and flowers sit on the green cloth. A timestamp reads 26 Jul 2025 09:14:05, Tondiarpet, Chennai.A photograph of a home-style shrine ritual in progress. An older bare-chested priest with grey hair and a rudraksha mala sits on a floor mat wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and offers a neivethiyam, a food offering arranged on a banana leaf and brass plates. He holds a small brass bell in one hand and a lamp in the other while a young child in a pink top, seated beside him, also holds a bell. A second child in a dark top sits at the right edge watching. Behind them, a large cut-out or printed picture of a crowned, bearded figure in saffron-coloured cloth wears a garland of red and white flowers and gold chains, seated with a hand raised in blessing, and a smaller framed photo of a woman stands at left. Brass vessels, kumkum, flowers and a green cloth sit on the floor, and a yellow wall and marble floor frame the scene.A photograph of a small shrine room with a yellow wall and a green cloth on the floor. In the centre sits a large cutout-style depiction of a seated saffron-robed figure with a turban, red garland and green-painted lower face, behind a plate of yellow flowers. A smaller framed image with a red garland stands to the left, and a red-and-blue banner hangs on the right. In the foreground an elderly man with grey hair, wearing a rudraksha mala, reaches toward the offerings while a younger man in a white dhoti with a gold border sits with hands folded. Brass plates hold betel leaves, a lime, flowers, a kalasha-style pot and lamps, arranged for a neivethiyam offering. Timestamp and location caption are visible in the lower right.A bare-chested older priest with grey hair and white vibhuti marks on his forehead performs a puja in a home shrine room. He wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a rudraksha mala, and holds a lit oil lamp aloft with one hand while holding a small brass bell in the other. Before him on a green cloth stand a brass thali with lamps, a brass kalasha, small bowls of offerings, a conch shell, flowers and kumkum. Behind him a large printed photo portrait of a smiling bearded figure in orange clothing, a rudraksha mala and a turban is decorated with a red and white flower garland, alongside a deity murti draped in garlands. Two children sit nearby.A photograph of a home-shrine puja at KAILASA Tondiarpet, Chennai. A shirtless, grey-haired priest in a white dhoti with gold border sits on a green mat, holding a lit oil lamp over a brass tray of offerings and bowls. He wears a rudraksha mala and a gold chain. Two young boys sit beside him: one in a pink top with hands folded, and one in a dark t-shirt watching. To the left, a large printed cutout portrait labelled with a shrine caption shows a man with a dark beard, wearing a red and white garland and ornate jewellery, hands raised in blessing. Brass plates of rice and coconut sit in front of the shrine. Timestamp overlay reads 26 Jul 2025 09:13:57, Kasima Nagar, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.A photograph of a neivethiyam offering in a shrine room with a yellow wall and orange cloth. A priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala sits on the green cloth at lower right, holding a small vessel over the altar. Behind the altar, a large cardboard-style cutout of a smiling man wears a pink and maroon turban, red garlands and ornate silver necklaces, and a smaller figure wearing a red garland stands to the left beside a lit oil lamp. A brass plate holds bowls of rice, a copper tumbler, a conch shell, lime and banana, and a brass oil lamp burns nearby. A child in pink sits at right. Printed text at lower right reads the date, time and address.A photograph of a shrine setup inside a yellow-walled room. Two large printed cardboard cutouts stand on draped tables: a standing figure on the left holding a trident, and a seated, smiling figure on the right wearing a saffron-coloured turban with a gold emblem, a rudraksha-style necklace, a gold chain and a red garland, with one hand raised in blessing. Both cutouts wear red garlands with white stripes. Before them a green cloth holds brass trays, copper cups, a small oil lamp, lime halves, banana-leaf offerings and flower petals. On the right, a man with white hair and a white dhoti kneels and reaches toward the offerings, while a partially visible person in red and gold-embroidered clothing sits at the left edge. A sign reads KAILASA THONDAIYARPET. The image is timestamped 25 Jul 2025 with a Tondiarpet, Chennai location overlay.A photograph of a small shrine room with yellow walls and a gold-lettered sign reading "KAILASA THONDIARPET BHARAT" above it. A large cut-out standing figure of a bearded man wearing a pink-red turban, red garland with white stripes, and layered beaded necklaces is seated on a red cloth-draped platform, hands raised in blessing; this is a printed image, not a physical person. To its left stands a smaller framed figure with long dark hair, a red garland and a trident. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti with gold border sits and performs a Neivethiyam offering, with his hand over brass plates holding bananas, fruit, a small oil lamp, and a conch, with brass bowls and a kalasha-type vessel nearby. A banner with elephant and leaf motifs hangs at right. A timestamp reads 20 Jun 2025 09:52:47, Tondiarpet, Chennai.A photo of a small puja inside a yellow-walled room at a KAILASA centre. Two men sit on a white cloth with green mat before a cutout portrait of a turbaned figure with a long beard, draped in ornate necklaces, set on a red-draped stand. A priest in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and wearing a gold necklace, raises a small bowl or lamp toward the image, while a second man in khaki trousers sits behind with hands folded in namaskar. Brass and copper vessels, a silver plate with flowers, oranges, red kumkum and a trishul-like object sit on the green mat. A yellow-and-orange banner with elephant and lotus motifs hangs beside the figure, and a tridented murti stands at the left edge. A timestamp reads 10 Mar 2025 08:52:37 Chennai, Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-10-03A photograph of a puja being performed in a small shrine room with yellow walls and green cloth draped over a low platform. A priest with grey hair and a bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, sits at the lower right and reaches toward brass plates holding offerings, lamps, flowers and small items. On the left stands a deity murti with a green-and-gold garland, and a cardboard cutout of a turbaned figure wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces sits on a throne-like seat at the back, labelled with a printed sign reading KAILASA TONDIARPET. A timestamp in the corner reads 7 Feb 2025 19:59:29 Chennai Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-07-02Indoor shrine in a yellow-walled room with a large cut-out portrait of a smiling bearded man in a pink-orange turban, rudraksha-style beads and garlands, seated with raised hand, draped in a red and orange cloth on a red-covered platform. To the left stands a smaller figure with long dark hair and red flower garlands holding a trident. Before them are brass plates with offerings, a brass lamp with a lit flame, a metal cup, small bowls and incense sticks. At the right edge an elderly person in white clothing with gold trim sits with palms pressed together in prayer. A water bottle and a colourful painted cloth hang on the wall. The scene shows a neivethiyam offering being made at a KAILASA centre.Indoor puja shrine with a red-and-orange draped altar. In the centre, a large framed portrait shows a smiling bearded figure with a red flower garland and a silver necklace, seated and gesturing, with orange-and-white ribbon-trimmed garlands. To the left stands a second framed portrait of a standing figure in a red-and-white garland. A man in white and gold-bordered dhoti kneels at the right edge, near a small oil lamp. The altar holds brass plates with offerings including fruit, grapes, a coconut-like fruit, copper tumblers, a brass bowl, and small dishes of powder and flowers. Petals are scattered across the red cloth. The image is a photograph with a timestamp overlay.