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Two men sit cross-legged on a white marble floor in a plain cream-walled room, eating from stainless steel plates. The older man on the left has white hair, glasses, a white vertical tilak, a light blue shirt, a white dhoti with gold border and a white towel over his shoulder. The man on the right, with grey hair and a white tilak, wears an orange shirt and white dhoti, and holds food from a steel plate with small steel tumblers beside them. Behind them, a red cloth covers a chair and a framed photo shows a woman in orange robes with a mala, beside another small framed picture and a bag of rice.

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Indoor photo of a small room with cream walls and a carved wooden door showing a Ganesha relief. Five people sit on the floor on mats for a puja. On the left, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare chest sits with a sacred thread. Behind him, a man in an orange shirt with a tilak sits. A woman in a white saree with gold border and a woman in an orange-red saree sit in the centre, one holding a brass plate of yellow items. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and a purple shirt sits on the right. A framed picture hangs on the wall and a laptop sits on a chair. Timestamp reads 24 Jan 2025 08:37:34 Chennai Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-01-24A photograph of a small indoor shrine room with cream walls and a doorway at right. On the left, a large printed portrait of a figure with a tall pink-and-orange turban, trident symbol above, and layered gold and bead necklaces sits on an orange cloth before a brass base. Beside it stands a deity murti in a purple and gold skirt with an ornate lace-like shawl. On a green cloth in front are brass plates of flowers, lamps with small flames, bowls of kumkum and offerings. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border sits cross-legged, hands joined in namaskar, eyes closed. At lower right a second man in a white-and-blue patterned shirt and white dhoti sits with hands joined in prayer. The scene shows a puja performed at the shrine.2025-01-20Indoor ritual scene in a plain cream-walled room with a row of framed photographs and portraits hung high on the wall. Five people sit on mats in prayer posture with palms pressed together. In front, a man in an orange shirt and white dhoti sits with eyes closed. Beside him, a shirtless man with white dhoti and gold-bordered cloth sits with hands folded, with a brass plate and brass lamps at his right. Behind them a woman in an orange saree and a woman in a yellow saree with glasses sit, and a man in a purple shirt sits at the back. A colourful patterned cloth hangs on the right wall. A timestamp reads 24 Jan 2025 08:38:06, Chennai, Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-01-24Five devotees sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in anjali mudra on a white marble floor inside a small room with cream walls and a carved wooden door showing a Ganesha relief. From left, a man in an orange shirt and white dhoti sits with hands folded; a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border sits in front; a woman in a white sari with gold border and a woman in an orange sari sit near a red-cushioned mat; a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with glasses sits beside a man in a purple shirt and white dhoti. Framed deity pictures hang on the wall, and a laptop sits on a table. Brass puja vessels and a green plate with offerings lie in the foreground.2025-01-24A photograph inside a small temple room where a group of men sit on the floor performing a puja before a shrine of three deity murtis with garlands and flowers. The central figure of the shrine wears a tall crown and holds a staff, flanked by two figures in red and green garments with crowns. In front, a low table draped in orange cloth holds brass oil lamps, bananas, fruit, flowers and offering plates. Four men sit in the foreground: on the left a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a sacred thread; next a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and red tilak; a man in white dhoti and glasses holds a small book and a phone; at the front right a man in an orange shirt with a white tilak. Colourful painted cloth banners hang on both sides, and a sign reads KAILASA TONDIARPET. No a person candidate is visible.2025-01-24A small indoor room with pale yellow walls and a glossy tiled floor shows a seated group performing a puja. In the foreground, a shirtless man with grey hair wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a red pendant necklace; he holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame and a small brass bell. Beside him, a grey-haired man in white dhoti and shirt, wearing a rudraksha-style mala and a red pendant, sits with hands clasped. Behind them, a woman in an orange saree with a red-bordered orange shawl raises joined palms to her forehead, and another woman in a yellow saree and white blouse performs a gesture with her hands near her head. A man in a purple shirt leans in from the right and places a hand on the seated devotee's shoulder. A framed photo of a smiling woman sits on a chair with a laptop, and red cloths hang nearby.2025-01-24A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth over his shoulder sits cross-legged on a dark mat, raising a lit oil lamp in one hand while holding a small bell or offering in the other. Two seated men in the background, one in a checked shirt and one in a white shirt, have their palms pressed together in prayer on an orange cloth. To the left stands a cut-out standing figure with long hair and a beaded necklace, beside a decorated altar with brass vessels, flowers, a plate of offerings and a water pot. A striped saffron and red cloth hangs from the wall. A framed portrait sits on a red-draped table on the right, and a clock-style date stamp reads 1 Mar 2025 08:43:50 Chennai Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-03-01A photo of a small puja inside a yellow-walled room at a KAILASA centre. Two men sit on a white cloth with green mat before a cutout portrait of a turbaned figure with a long beard, draped in ornate necklaces, set on a red-draped stand. A priest in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and wearing a gold necklace, raises a small bowl or lamp toward the image, while a second man in khaki trousers sits behind with hands folded in namaskar. Brass and copper vessels, a silver plate with flowers, oranges, red kumkum and a trishul-like object sit on the green mat. A yellow-and-orange banner with elephant and lotus motifs hangs beside the figure, and a tridented murti stands at the left edge. A timestamp reads 10 Mar 2025 08:52:37 Chennai, Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-10-03A photograph of a seated group on a concrete veranda beside a yellow wall, with a doorway and window behind them and a marigold garland hanging at the door frame. Three bare-chested men in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth sit cross-legged on the floor, each with a plate of food and small offerings, with a steel vessel and a blue container nearby. A woman in a white sari and orange blouse, with a rudraksha-style necklace, sits at left holding a plate. A woman in a pink and multicoloured sari with gold bangles sits at right holding a plate. A straw broom leans against the wall at left. A date stamp reads 04/11/2024 in the corner.2024-04-11A photograph of a small plain cream-walled room with a polished marble floor. Two men sit cross-legged on mats in meditation or prayer: the man on the left wears a teal short-sleeved shirt and a dark cloth, and the man on the right wears a white patterned shirt and white dhoti with a striped border, hands resting in his lap. Behind them stands a brass oil lamp (deepa) beside a small altar covered with an orange cloth, holding a framed picture and a bowl. A carved wooden door with a Ganesha relief hangs on the right, and a row of framed black-and-white portraits in gold frames is mounted high on the wall. A timestamp reads 30 Mar 2025 19:41:02 and the location Chennai, Kailasa Tondaiarpet.2025-03-30A small shrine room where five people sit on a white floor during a Laghu Pooja. Behind them an altar holds painted deity murtis with crowns and garlands, a sign reading "KAILASA TONDIARPET", brass lamps and an orange-gold cloth. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a sacred thread and tripundra holds a sheet of paper while reading, and another bare-chested man sits with folded hands. A woman in a mustard-yellow blouse and white sari sits at the left, and a man in an orange shirt and white dhoti sits at the right. A green cloth in front holds brass plates, a kalasha-like vessel and offerings.2025-01-24Two men sit cross-legged on the floor of a plain room, eating from green banana-leaf plates set on low wooden trays. The man on the left wears an orange robe, a gold bead necklace and white and red forehead markings, and is looking down at his plate with his hand near the food. The man on the right is bare-chested with an orange cloth wrapped around his lower body, white forehead markings with a red dot, and holds a piece of flatbread while eating. Plates hold rice, curries, fried snacks and sweets. Two pedestal fans stand behind them beside a wooden door.2009-01-01 +1 copies