A photograph of a deity murti in a dimly lit shrine, decorated with a large garland of rudraksha beads or flowers and draped with dark cloth. Incense smoke rises in front of it, and a bright flame burns in a lamp in the lower foreground beside a round metal plate. A small white card reading KAILASA ICHAPURAM sits on the left. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a deity murti in a dimly lit shrine, decorated with a large garland of rudraksha beads or flowers and draped with dark cloth. Incense smoke rises in front of it, and a bright flame burns in a lamp in the lower foreground beside a round metal plate. A small white card reading KAILASA ICHAPURAM sits on the left. No people are visible.

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