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A photograph of a small red-walled shrine inside a home or centre, crowded with framed pictures, calendar prints and a deity murti. The central figure is a large painted portrait of a smiling man with an orange-red turban, white tilak, a rudraksha mala and layered beaded garlands, wearing an orange robe and raising one hand in blessing; a paper sign on the shrine reads KAILASA ARUPPUKOTTAI. Below it stands a golden statue wearing an orange robe, a ceremonial gold necklace and a headdress, plus a Sri Chakra yantra plate. Brass lamps, a kalasha, flower offerings, marigolds, white cloth and hanging rudraksha strands surround the altar. Another framed portrait on the right shows a young man in an orange robe with a pearl necklace and raised hand. No physical people are visible.