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A photograph of a shaven-headed man in a shrine room with turquoise walls, seen in profile at the right edge, leaning over a brass oil lamp (aarti/puja) lit on a dark cabinet. He wears a bare-chested look with a brown rudraksha-style mala and a wristwatch and bangles on his arm. On the cabinet stands a carved wooden deity murti with multiple arms and a flower garland, a framed photograph of a seated man in orange robes, a framed portrait of a man in white on an ornate chair, a small framed picture of deities, brass lamps and lit diyas. A sign on the wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR. A cutout printed figure of a smiling man in red-and-orange robes, a red turban, garlands and a rudraksha mala sits on a gold chair at right. Only the one physical person is present.

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A man in a white turban with gold border and a bare upper body, wearing rudraksha beads, lights oil lamps before a gilded deity murti with multiple arms, draped with flower garlands in yellow, orange and red. On the shelf to the left are framed portraits, brass lamps and a small ornate kalasha-like pot. Behind the murti stands a cutout photograph with orange garlands and rudraksha mala. A small white sign on the turquoise wall reads KAILASA KORATTUR.A photograph inside a small room with turquoise walls at KAILASA Korattur. A man in a white turban with gold trim, bare-chested and wearing long rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, holds an oil lamp (aarti) over a golden deity murti with multiple arms on a wooden shelf draped in leopard-print cloth. Marigold garlands and red flowers hang around it. 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