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A selfie-style photo of an older bearded man with white hair and a dark vertical forehead mark, wearing a white shirt and a rudraksha-style bead necklace with a dark strap over his shoulder. He is in the foreground facing the camera in a hall with a corrugated metal roof, dried leaves hanging from the ceiling beams, and a yellow-walled shrine area. Behind him, several deity figures stand or sit in red and white garments with garlands, and a small oil lamp burns before the shrine. A dark framed painting of a red-toned deity hangs on the left wall, and a timestamp reads Nov. 5, 2025 8:22:34 p.m. Pallipalayam, Tamil Nadu.

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A blurred, overexposed photo inside a shrine. In the right foreground, a bare-chested older man with a white moustache and beard, white marks on his forehead, and a beaded mala around his neck looks toward the camera. Behind him, two deity murti are decorated with white flower garlands and red-and-white adornments, with a yellow cloth draped below them. The left edge is a dark blurred object in the foreground.Interior of a small shrine with golden-painted walls and a corrugated metal roof. A standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds his hands together in namaskar before a shrine with three garlanded deity murtis under gold arches, flanked by a framed portrait and a sign. Oil lamps burn on a purple cloth in front, with flower offerings, fruit, coconut and plantain leaves set out on the floor. The central portrait shows a bearded figure in white, but no a person candidate is clearly visible as a physical person. A date stamp reads 21-Jul-2025 Pallipalayam Tamil Nadu.2025-07-21Close-up selfie-style photo of a smiling bearded man with a white and gold-bordered turban, white forehead markings and layered rudraksha mala necklaces, bare-shouldered, in front of a golden throne with a pink backdrop and a golden trident. Behind him a golden statue of a seated figure in a maroon turban is garlanded with yellow, red and pink flowers. Copper vessels and brass lamps sit on a golden altar. A timestamp overlay reads Jan. 18, 2025, 6:07 a.m., Salem, Tamil Nadu. The man's appearance is consistent with the page's a person reference but is not a clear match, so the status is uncertain.2025-01-18ATA Eyewitness Sharing Shankar and Ramalingam ayyaKailasa salem december 26th 2021A blurred, overexposed photograph of a shaved-headed man with a white moustache, bare-chested and wearing a beaded rudraksha-style mala, seated in front of a small shrine. Three white-clad deity murtis stand on a yellow-draped altar, with a red cloth and small brass oil lamps or offering vessels in the foreground. The man appears to be a priest or devotee; his appearance does not clearly match the ornate cues needed for a probable identification.A selfie-style photograph of a smiling woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala and a vertical sandalwood mark and kumkum dot on her forehead, standing in a temple shrine room with yellow walls. Behind her, a gilded arched niche holds a deity murti draped in green garlands and a pink-and-white cloth, with a framed portrait on the wall above. To the right, another gilded niche holds a deity murti with a yellow garland. A table in front has brass lamps, an orange cloth, a small plate of offerings and a red-and-white patterned mat, consistent with naivedyam offerings. A timestamp reads 07-Jun-2025 18:11:00 and a caption reads kailasathiruchngarat 11.45am naiveyam.2025-07-06A bare-chested older man with grey hair and a moustache sits cross-legged on a tiled floor in front of a gilded shrine, hands pressed together in anjali mudra. He wears a green dhoti with white border, white tripundra marks on his forehead and chest, and a red bindi. Behind him stand a deity murti with dark face, orange garment and green cape garlanded with white and red flowers, a trident mounted on the gold wall, framed black-and-white portraits, and a shivalinga with a garland and kalasha-like base. Gold arches and white draped cloth frame the shrine.2025-08-28A photograph taken inside a small ashram hall with a corrugated roof and a ceiling fan. A bare-chested older man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a white vibhuti line on his forehead, a dark rudraksha mala and a white dhoti with a gold border, stands and applies white sacred ash to the forehead of a seated boy. The boy wears an orange shirt and a white dhoti with gold border, sitting on a red plastic chair with hands clasped. Behind them are framed photographs on the wall, a deity picture with a glowing figure, and a red-and-gold canopy. At left, a person in a green top and yellow garment bends over. A timestamp reads Jan. 15, 2026 7:01:15 p.m. Pallipalayam, Tamil Nadu.2026-01-15A photograph taken inside a temple shrine. In the foreground a bearded man with a shaved head wears a white and gold cloth wrapped on his head, a white dhoti and a dark rudraksha mala, with his bare upper body visible and a red-and-black forehead mark. Behind him on the left stands a black stone deity murti with a crown and a decorated silver-trimmed backdrop. On the right, a seated golden figure in pink and orange cloth, adorned with garlands and a pink turban, sits on a lotus pedestal before a pink curtain, beside a golden trident. In front on a magenta cloth are small figurines in green garments and a silver-ornamented Shiva lingam with a red hibiscus flower, along with brass plates holding flower offerings and a small oil lamp. A date and location stamp reads Jun. 29, 2024 9:25:26 a.m., Salem, Tamil Nadu.2024-06-29Interior of a small temple hall with gold-painted walls and a corrugated roof, a ceiling fan overhead. A shirtless man in a white dhoti stands at left with hands folded in prayer, facing the altar. An older man seated on a low wooden stool at the altar, bare-chested with white sacred markings, performs a puja. The central altar holds a Shiva lingam draped in garlands with a deity figure in a red-draped niche behind; a second gilded niche at right holds a seated figure in garlands. Framed photographs of a figure in saffron-orange robes hang on the upper walls. Floor offerings include brass plates, a basket with cloth-wrapped items, a brass pot and a wooden platform. A timestamp reads Dec. 27, 2025 11:16:26 a.m. Pallipalayam, Tamil Nadu.2025-12-27A selfie-angle photo of a person in the foreground, cropped at the left edge, inside a gold-painted shrine room with a corrugated roof and ceiling fan. Behind them, three deity murtis sit in arched niches garlanded with marigold and flower garlands, the central one with a tall lingam-style form draped in white and orange. Framed portraits hang above the shrine, and a small placard sits on the left side of the shrine. Brass lamps and offering vessels rest on the floor and table. A timestamp overlay reads 20-Jul-2025 03:12:39, Pallipalayam, Tamil Nadu, with the caption KAILASA thiruchenkodu after abishegam alankaram.2025-07-20