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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.

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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 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 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 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.A 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 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 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.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 photograph of a temple shrine during an abhishekam. A shaved-headed priest, bare-chested with a white dhoti and sacred thread, stands at left with his arm extended toward three wooden or painted deity figures. The central figure is a multi-armed deity with a crown, holding a drum and a flame-like object, with white milk-like liquid on its body and feet. Flanking figures include a smaller male figure and a female figure in a green sari holding a lamp. Flowers and a gold arch frame the shrine, and a colourful flag hangs at right. A timestamp reads 6 Jun 2025 13:07:42, Chennai.2025-06-06A shaved-headed priest with a bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti and a dark shawl over one shoulder, stands at left with his arm extended toward a shrine. Inside a golden arched niche, a four-armed deity murti stands centre with a crown, holding a trident-like staff and a lotus-like object, decorated with marigold garlands and a flame lamp at its side. Attendant figures flank it on both sides, one a bare-chested male figure and the other a figure in a green garment with a crown, all adorned with yellow flower garlands. The scene appears to show a special abhishekam ritual at a temple setting in Tondiarpet, Chennai, with a timestamp on the image reading 6 Jun 2025.2025-06-06A temple shrine with three bronze-coloured deity murtis in an arched golden niche, the central figure with four arms holding objects, flanked by two smaller standing figures, all adorned with white and yellow flowers and sandal or white abhishekam marks. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and brown shoulder cloth stands at the left, arm extended toward the central murti, performing abhishekam. Oil lamps stand on the floor at the base of the figures. A timestamp and caption on the lower right read the date and location.2025-06-06Indoor temple shrine photograph. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with gold border and white head cloth stands before a shrine, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a bell-like object in the other, with a rudraksha-style cord across his chest. Behind him, three deity murtis stand on a gold-draped dais under a gilded arch, garlanded with yellow and white flower garlands; the central figure wears a tall crown and green garment. A brass ritual staff and a red-draped table hold offerings, a brass vessel, a plate of flowers and a basket of fruit. A large printed banner at right shows a bearded figure in ornate garlands and a turban-like head covering, with a KAILASA TONDIARPET signboard nearby. Timestamp reads 31 Jan 2025 05:48:53 Chennai, Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-01-31