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A selfie-style photo inside a shrine with a gilded arched niche draped in red and orange cloth. A man with bare chest and a sheen of white marks on his forehead wears long rudraksha malas and gold-bead necklaces, with a white necklace and red pendant at his throat. Beside him stands a black Shivalinga adorned with a green and red silk cloth, white flowers and a silver-embroidered base, with a painted Om-like symbol on its side. Behind them a dark stone deity murti wears a red turban, white flower garlands, a heavy silver necklace and a yellow dhoti, with a sign reading Kailasa Rajapalayam on the left. A green and maroon cloth covers a table at the lower left.

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A selfie-style photo of a bare-chested man with a red tilak mark and white sacred ash on his forehead, wearing a long rudraksha mala with gold bead spacers draped over his shoulders. Behind him stands a dark stone deity murti with a red turban and white flower garland, wearing a yellow dhoti and white garland, set in a gold arched niche draped with red cloth. A white sign reads KAILASA RAJAPALAYAM. In front is a dark black shivalingam decorated with a green and gold cloth, with Om symbols painted in white, and a gold base. A timestamp at the bottom reads Mar 10, 2025 7:36:59 AM, Unnamed Road, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.2025-10-03A selfie-style photo inside a shrine decorated in gold, with a white floral backdrop. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a red bindi on his forehead and multiple strands of brown rudraksha malas with gold bead spacers around his neck takes the picture. Behind him stands a dark stone deity murti in a blue dhoti-style garment, a white flower garland, a long layered necklace and a red and gold turban, flanked by red drapery. To the right, a black Shiva lingam marked with an Om symbol, wrapped in a green and gold cloth and adorned with white flowers, sits beside a gold-coloured yoni-base decorated with flowers. A timestamp reads Mar 1, 2025 6:20:58 AM with the location Kothainatchiarpuram Road, Pudupalaiyam, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The sign reads KAILASA RAJAPALAYAM.2025-03-01A selfie-style photo of a bare-chested man with a sacred ash line and red kumkum dot on his forehead, wearing a white sacred thread, standing in front of a black Shivalingam wrapped in a gold-and-black ornamented cloth and gold band with a bead garland. Behind it stands a dark-faced deity murti with a red crown, red garment and raised hand against an ornate gold-framed red backdrop. A timestamp overlay reads Friday, 17 January 2025 06:06AM, Virudhunagar. The scene suggests a morning ritual setting at a small shrine.2025-01-17A close selfie-style photo of a bare-chested man with short greying hair and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing multiple rudraksha mala strands and a white sacred thread. Behind him stands a black Shivalingam draped with a large white and gold floral garland, set before pink and teal cloth hangings. A small green-and-gold deity murti and a brass lamp sit on a yellow cloth at the right. A white sign with partial lettering reads KAILA... RAJAPAL..., and the image carries a timestamp caption reading Tuesday, 22 October 2024 05:25AM.2024-10-22A close selfie-style photograph of a woman with a bindi and white forehead markings, wearing an orange garment at the lower left edge, taking up most of the frame. Behind her inside a gold-toned shrine, several deity murtis stand adorned with white and red garlands: a small figure on the left, a central black stone-like murti in orange and green cloth with a gold crown, and on the right a shivalingam with garlands. Framed portraits hang on the back wall with floral garlands, and a small sign reads KAILASA THIRUCHENGODE BHARATH. A small oil lamp flame glows at the left edge.2025-08-28Selfie-style photo taken inside a temple shrine. In the foreground a woman with a white-ash tripundra and red bindi, wearing an orange sari, dark rudraksha malas and a pendant, looks toward the camera. Behind her, a shrine is decorated with gold arches, orange drapery and marigold garlands, with a dark Shiva lingam topped by a pink cloth in the centre, flanked by two smaller deity murtis in orange garlands and a green-cloth-covered murti, with a brass bell, oil lamp and bowls on a brass tray in front. A large standing murti in a maroon turban and purple cloth stands in the background. A timestamp reads 09-Jun-2025 4:51:49 AM.2025-08-06A photograph inside a shrine with a golden arched canopy and a red-orange draped backdrop. A dark murti of a standing deity stands centrally, garlanded with white flowers, yellow and orange marigold strands, and wearing a silver-and-white breastplate and a white dhoti-like cloth. Smaller murtis in blue garments and orange-white garlands flank it on golden pedestals. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits at lower right. In the foreground at left, a person with a dark complexion, rudraksha-type beads, a bell-studded gold waist ornament and an orange garment is close to the camera, showing a gold armlet. A sign partly visible reads KAILASA and RAJAPALAYAM. Timestamp in bottom right reads 03-May-2025.2025-02-05A selfie-style photo taken in a gold-toned shrine room. A woman in the left foreground, wearing an orange garment and a dark beaded necklace, faces the camera with her head partly cropped at the left edge. Behind her, a small deity murti in dark stone is adorned with white and multicolour flower garlands and sits on a white cloth. In the centre, a larger deity figure stands in a golden arched niche with a red backdrop, wearing a flower garland and an orange sash. A brass lamp stand and small oil lamps sit on the lower right, with a brass tray. Framed portraits on the upper right show a bearded man in white, and a sign reads KAILASA THIRUCHENGODE BHARATH.2025-08-25A selfie-style photo of a shaved-headed man in white ritual cloth with a red bindi and a long rudraksha mala draped over his bare chest, standing in front of a Shiva lingam decorated with a silver-embroidered black and cream garment and a teal cloth backdrop. A pink cloth hangs behind the lingam. To the right stand two small doll-like figures in pink and green saris, a brass bowl, a gold-coloured cloth, a plate with offerings and a sign reading KAILA... RAJAPA..., with a timestamp bar reading Friday, 08 November 2024 07:04AM across the bottom. The man is a priest or devotee at the shrine and his appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so his identity is left uncertain.2024-07-11A smiling young man in orange clothing with a rudraksha mala takes a close selfie in front of a gold-decorated shrine at KAILASA Thiruchengode. Behind him, several murti statues are adorned with white and orange marigold garlands, including a dark-faced deity in a green-and-gold dress at centre and a figure in red garments at right. A framed photograph in the background shows a bearded figure in grayscale, and a small sign reads KAILASA THIRUCHENGODE BHARATH. Red drapery and gold arches frame the altar, with brass lamps and offerings visible at the base.2025-09-08A selfie taken in a gold-walled shrine room. On the right, a close-up of a man with a white forehead band, a vibhuti or tilak mark between his brows, and small earrings, smiling toward the camera. Behind him on the left stand garlanded deity murtis in a gilded arched niche with a white cloth backdrop, including a dark figure in a red-orange dhoti-like cloth draped with white and multicoloured flower garlands. Further left, another garlanded murti sits on a white cloth, and framed portraits hang on the gold wall above a small red-framed plaque. Small garlanded figures sit on the right near the man.2025-02-08Photograph inside a shrine: a dark-skinned deity murti seated on a golden throne within a gilded arch, draped with an orange-and-gold cloth backdrop and garlanded with yellow, white and orange flower strands and a rudraksha-style mala. A white cloth wraps the murti's lower body. Flanking smaller golden-backed shrines hold garlanded figures, one in a blue robe and one with a silver-and-gold necklace, with a brass bell, small metal vessels and a lit oil lamp on a brass plate in the foreground. On the left edge, a person in saffron/orange robes with dark hair and a beaded mala is partly visible, close to the camera. A small sign on the shrine reads KAILASA RAJAPALAYAM. Timestamp reads 03-May-2025.2025-02-05