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A young boy with bare chest and white sacred ash marks on his arm stands at left, extending his hand toward a golden seated statue. The golden figure wears a rust-orange turban, pink and gold brocade garment, and layered gold necklaces, seated before a dark deity murti draped in a jeweled green and gold cloth with a white and green flower garland. Brass lamps stand around the dais, and a golden plate holds pink flower petals, small wicks, and two stone objects. A bowl of yellow food and a purple cloth bundle sit nearby, and orange cloth lies in the foreground. The timestamp reads 21-Oct-2024 12:01:41 pm, Hyderabad, Telangana.

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The scene shows an aarti-style lamp offering at a statue, with no living person depicted as the subject.2025-09-02A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a golden statue of a seated figure wearing a red-maroon turban, layered gold and bead necklaces, garlands of white jasmine and green leaves, and red-maroon drapery; the statue has a raised right hand in blessing. A priest with long dark hair, bare-backed and wearing an orange dhoti and orange shawl, stands at left pouring or applying a substance onto the statue's head. Brass trays of pink rose petals, small brass vessels and an oil lamp sit in front, and a large golden arch frames a black deity murti in the background with a silver crown and a green-and-gold decorated backdrop. A white sign reads KAILASA HYDERABAD beside the statue.2024-11-09A photograph inside a temple shrine. 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