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Indoor shrine room with turquoise walls and a sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR. 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.2025-02-14A 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.Inside a small room with turquoise walls, a priest in the right foreground, shown from the side with a shaved head and a reddish-brown shawl, holds a brass vessel and a lit wick over a shrine. On the shrine, a gilded arched backdrop frames a deity murti with many arms, garlanded with yellow, purple and red flowers, and a small oil lamp burns on a dark wooden platform draped in leopard-print cloth. Behind it stands a life-size cutout portrait of a smiling figure with a tall reddish-pink turban decorated with flowers, wearing an orange garland, rudraksha beads and a red-and-pink robe, next to an ornate gold-and-leopard-print chair. A printed sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR, and a framed picture and a poster of small figures hang at the right beside a blue shelf of books.2025-06-15A photograph of a shrine in a room with turquoise walls, where a bald man with a white moustache and rudraksha malas around his neck and wrist bends forward at right, lighting or tending an oil lamp at the base of a gold throne-like seat. Beside him stands a large cut-out printed picture of a figure in a pink-and-orange robe wearing a red-and-white turban, with orange flower garlands and rudraksha beads, and a small framed image hangs at top left. Left of centre sits a decorated deity murti on a leopard-print cloth, surrounded by flower garlands, with a lit oil lamp in front. A sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR.A photograph of a shrine room with a priest in white dhoti and a white cloth headwear with gold border lighting oil lamps at lower right. Behind the altar stands a cut-out printed portrait of a smiling figure in saffron-red robes, wearing an orange-red turban with flowers, a rudraksha mala and a flower garland, with a sign reading KAILASA KORATTUR above. Beside it stands an ornate gilded deity murti with multiple figures and a golden arch, and a gilded peetha-style frame at right. Altar is covered with a leopard-print cloth; flower garlands and small brass lamps are on the altar, and a framed portrait hangs at left.2025-07-02A 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.2025-06-02A photograph of a small shrine room with turquoise walls and a blue metal shelf holding books. A man in a white dhoti and white turban with gold border, bare-chested and wearing a bead bracelet, leans in from the right and tends an offering on a brass stand with a gold-embossed backplate, lit by a small oil lamp. Behind him on the left stands a large framed deity murti with many arms and a gold arched backdrop, garlanded with flowers, set on a leopard-print cloth with a lit lamp. Beside it stands a printed portrait of a smiling person in a red-and-orange turban and saffron garment, wearing a bead mala and an orange-and-yellow flower garland. A sign above reads KAILASA KORATTUR. The man is the only physical person visible.2025-06-01A 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 man with a grey moustache, seen in profile at the right edge, holds a lit oil lamp toward a shrine in a teal-walled room with a wooden floor. On the shrine stands a carved deity murti with many arms and a flower garland, draped on a leopard-print cloth. Beside it is a cut-out or standing photo of a smiling man in a red-and-pink head cloth wearing an orange floral garland, a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, sitting in a leopard-print chair. Framed portraits, brass lamps and a golden throne-like seat with flower offerings complete the scene. A sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR.Indoor shrine room with turquoise walls and a wooden sideboard. A framed portrait of a long-haired figure in saffron clothing sits on the left, beside a framed picture of a seated figure on an ornate throne. A standing life-size cutout figure wears a red and gold turban with white flowers, rudraksha malas and a garland, in front of a golden deity murti with a halo. A leopard-print cloth covers the altar table. A man in a white and gold-bordered head cloth and a brown shawl, seen in profile at right, lights an oil lamp in the foreground, with a framed photo and flower-decorated plate beside him. A sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR CHENNAI.2025-09-04A 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 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.2025-05-02