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A priest with grey hair and a bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti and a thread, sits on a green cloth before a shrine and holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand. Behind him, three deity murti stand on a gold-draped platform with garlands of yellow flowers, ornate jewellery and crowns, one central figure holding a raised hand. A white sign reads KAILASA TONDIARPET. Brass lamps, a plate of flowers, bowls and a red-covered stool surround the shrine, and a hanging banner shows an elephant and a green lotus emblem. The scene is a daily puja at a shrine.

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