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A priest in a white dhoti with yellow-gold borders and a bare upper body, wearing a long rudraksha mala, stands pouring liquid from a brass vessel during an abhishekam ritual. A woman in a white top sits on the floor in front of him, her dark hair pulled back, holding a small brass lamp over a wooden box of offerings. Before them is a red-draped table with a brass tray of flowers and a bowl of white powder, and on the floor sit a brass pot, copper vessels, and a red-and-gold cloth holding ripe fruit. A gold-coloured standing deity murti stands at right against a yellow wall. The timestamp reads 30 Jun 2025 12:48:03 at 42A Kasima Nagar 2nd Street, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Inside a temple shrine with yellow-painted walls and a gold arch decorated with red and blue flower garlands and paper streamers, a bare-chested elderly priest with white hair stands wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, holding a small ritual item and facing three golden deity murtis on a wooden platform. A seated woman in a white top and white garment sits in the foreground beside brass pots, a tray with oil lamps, a red cloth, bananas and fruit, and a brass vessel. A timestamp reads 30 Jun 2025 12:50:28, 280 4th Street, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold border stands with his back to the camera, raising both arms to pour from a small vessel over the head of a bronze deity murti in a gilded arched niche. The niche is framed by a garland of red and white flowers. Flanking statues stand on the left and right, one dark-robed female figure holding a lotus-like object. Blue floral garlands hang along the top of the yellow wall. A brass vessel sits at lower right on a white marble floor. A timestamp and location caption overlay the lower right corner, and a banner along the bottom reads Abhishegam Guruu Poornima Bramhotshavam.A photo taken inside a home shrine during a Neivethiyam offering. In the foreground an elderly man with short grey hair sits bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala around his neck and a white dhoti with a gold border. His hand rests on a brass object near a black bowl. Behind him, another person's arm reaches in holding a framed picture of a deity draped with a red garland. An orange-and-red cloth covers the shrine area. A timestamp overlay reads 28 Jun 2025 09:45:15 with an address in Tondiarpet, Chennai.A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a bare-chested priest with short grey hair and a white dhoti with gold border standing at left, lifting his arms to a bronze-coloured standing deity murti on a golden niche. The central murti has four arms and holds a drum-like instrument and a flame-like object, with a crown-like head ornament; a smaller standing figure stands to the left and a dark-robed figure with a tall crown stands to the right. Red and white flower garland decorates the arch above, with blue paper streamers across the top. A cloth spread lies on the marble floor and a timestamp overlay reads 30 Jun 2025, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.A photograph inside a temple shrine with gold-painted walls and a gilded arch decorated with red and white flower garlands. A bare-chested, grey-haired priest in a white dhoti with gold borders, a rudraksha mala at his neck, stands with his back to the camera and reaches up to adorn or bathe a dark-blue-robed standing deity murti with a tall crown. Beside it stands another gold-toned murti holding a staff-like object. A brown bucket sits on the marble floor, and a blue and green garland hangs across the top of the frame. The scene matches a Gurupoornima abhishegam alangaram ritual.A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands with her back to the camera, pouring water from a brass vessel over a dark-coloured deity murti standing on a shiva-linga style base. Beside it a four-armed golden deity murti holds a damaru-like drum and a flame in its raised hands. The shrine arch is gilded and decorated with a garland of red and white flowers. A timestamp and location overlay sits at the lower right of the frame.A photograph of a shrine room with yellow-washed walls where a shaved-headed priest with a white dhoti bordered in gold stands bare-chested with his back to the camera, facing a set of metal deity murtis. The central murti is a four-armed standing deity holding a trident and other implements, flanked by a gold-toned male figure and a dark-clothed female figure holding a lamp. Blue and red marigold garlands drape the arch above, and a striped cloth hangs on the right. Two metal vessels sit on the floor and a small brass figure stands on the altar. The timestamp reads 30 Jun 2025 12:49:45 with a Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu location overlay, and a caption along the bottom reads abhishegam GURUU POORNIMA BRAMHOTSHAVAM, indicating abhishekam ritual activity during Gurupoornima Brahmotsavam.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 an abhishekam being performed at a temple shrine. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold border kneels at left, pouring liquid from a brass vessel over a small bronze deity figure on a brass plate. Behind, large silver-toned statues stand adorned with white and yellow-orange garlands, the central figure wearing a red-and-gold crown and ornate jewelled necklace and holding a raised hand, flanked by a golden-yellow cloth and a gold pillar. A framed photo of a smiling woman sits at right beside a small Ganesha figure and a lit oil lamp. Brass lamps, flowers, bowls and a lit oil lamp are arranged on a red cloth in the foreground. A timestamp reads 20 Apr 2025 14:28:02 Chennai Kailasa Tondaiarpet.2025-04-20A photo of an abhishekam being performed before a shrine with a large standing deity murti adorned with white and multicoloured flower garlands, gold and jewelled necklaces and a yellow silk drape. A shaven-headed, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with gold border kneels at left, pouring liquid from a metal vessel over a small brass murti placed on a brass tray. Brass oil lamps, yellow and white flowers, a small Ganesha figure and a lit lamp sit on a red and gold brocade cloth. A framed photograph of a smiling woman stands at right. The priest wears no identifiable a person cues and is not a probable candidate.2025-04-20A photograph inside a temple shrine in Tondiarpet, Chennai. An elderly bare-chested priest with white hair, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and a sacred thread, stands with his back to the camera and extends his arm toward a gilded deity murti. The central standing murti is a four-armed form of Shiva-like iconography holding a trident and a flame-like object, flanked by two smaller standing figures, one on the left and a female figure in a dark blue robe on the right holding a small vessel. Strings of red and white flowers and blue garlands decorate the golden arch behind them. A patterned banner hangs at the right edge. Overlay text shows the date 30 Jun 2025 and the address 280 4th Street, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. No a person candidate is visible.A photograph inside a shrine room with yellow-ochre walls and a carved golden arch framing three bronze-gold murtis on a wooden platform. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at left, pouring liquid from a vessel onto the central four-armed deity murti, which holds a trident-like weapon and a flame-like object. Flanking murtis stand at left and right. The arch is draped with blue and red-flower garlands and blue-green paper strings hang overhead. Brass pots, a cloth on the floor and a bowl of white material sit at the lower edges. A timestamp and address overlay reads 30 Jun 2025 in Tondiarpet, Chennai.