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A photograph inside a room with turquoise walls and a wooden floor. In the foreground at right, a bald man with a grey moustache, wearing a brown rudraksha mala and a beaded wrist band, holds a stick of incense over a lit oil lamp on a small stand. Behind him stands a cut-out or standee figure of a person in a red and gold headdress and orange garland, with an ornate golden chair draped in a leopard-print cloth. A wooden sideboard holds framed portraits, an oil lamp on a brass stand, small figurines and a flower garland hanging from the wall. A paper sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR. The scene shows an oil lamp and incense offering in a devotional corner.

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A 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.A selfie-style photo inside a shrine room with turquoise walls. On the right, a shaved-headed man with long reddish-brown braided hair, a rudraksha mala, a pendant and a bare chest holds a brass object near a small oil lamp. Behind him, a gold-coloured throne-like seat stands beside a figure in red and orange garlands; the figure's ornate headdress and sweeping hair are visible. 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