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A 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.

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Two men sit cross-legged on the marble floor of a small room, meditating with eyes closed. The man on the left wears a turquoise shirt and a maroon dhoti with a yellow border, his hands resting open on his knees. The man on the right wears a white patterned shirt and white dhoti, hands in a mudra. Behind them, a brass oil lamp stands beside a small table draped in orange cloth, holding a framed portrait of a robed figure and a bowl. A framed deity picture hangs on the wall, and a carved wooden door with a Ganesha relief is at right. A timestamp reads 30 Mar 2025 19:40:24 Chennai, Kailasa Tondaiarpet.2025-03-30Indoor photo of a devotional shrine in a yellow-walled room with a gold arched frame strung with white and red flower garlands. Three sculpted deity murtis stand under it, flanked by a gilded pillar. In front, an orange-brown cloth covers the altar. 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Beside him a man in a light green shirt and maroon dhoti sits with palms joined in prayer. A third person's head is partly visible at the bottom edge. A red tray, flowers and offerings lie before the altar, and a painted figure with a turban and rudraksha malas hangs on the right wall. The timestamp reads 30 Mar 2025 19:47:11 Chennai.2025-03-30Photograph of a puja inside a yellow-walled room at KAILASA Tondaiyarpet, Chennai. Three men sit on the marble floor facing a shrine decorated with white and red flower garlands and a gold arch. Three deity murtis stand in the shrine: the central figure wears a tall crown and holds raised hands, flanked by two figures in turbans and pink clothing. Before the shrine lie an orange cloth, a framed photograph, oil lamps and offerings. The seated man in the centre, bare-chested with a white dhoti edged in gold, performs the ritual. The man on the left wears a white patterned shirt, and the man on the right wears a light green shirt and presses his palms together. To the right stands a large printed portrait of a bearded man in an orange turban and rudraksha malas with gold necklaces, seated in a meditative pose; its appearance is consistent with Swamiji but it is an uncertain match. A sign reads KAILASA TONDIARPET BHARAT.2025-03-30Photograph of an interior room with cream walls and a marble floor at a KAILASA centre. A man in white dhoti and white shirt sits cross-legged on a striped mat, holding a small object. Behind him a red cloth draped over a chair and a framed portrait on a stand sit beside a brass oil lamp on a tall stand. Small framed pictures hang on the walls, and tall banners with elephant motifs in red, green, and blue stand at the edges. A wooden door with carved panels is on the right. Garlands and small brass items sit at the lower left. A timestamp reads 31 Jan 2025 13:58:59, Chennai, Kailasa Tondiorpet.2025-01-31Five 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.2025-01-24Indoor 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.2025-01-24A photograph of a small shrine room with yellow walls and a white marble floor. Three seated men face a shrine where three deity murti stand under a gold arch hung with garlands. The central figure wears a tall crown and a garland; flanking figures wear white and pink garlands. A sign reads KAILASA TONDIARPET BHARAT. Beside the shrine stands a printed portrait labelled KAILASA Tondiarpet at the frame, showing a bearded man in a saffron-coloured turban with rudraksha and gold necklaces seated with a staff. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a sacred thread performs puja with a lit oil lamp and a brass plate of offerings. The man on the left wears a white patterned shirt, the man on the right wears a light green shirt with hands folded in prayer. An orange cloth covers the altar and a colourful flag hangs on the right wall.2025-03-30A 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 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.2025-01-24Two 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.2025-01-25A photograph inside a gold-framed shrine at KAILASA Tondaiarpet, Chennai. Three male devotees sit on the floor facing the shrine: the left man wears a white patterned shirt and white dhoti, the right man wears a light green shirt and maroon cloth, and a shaved-headed priest in a bare-chested pose with a white sacred thread and white dhoti performs a puja with a brass plate of offerings. Three deity statues stand under a gold arch decorated with red and white flower garlands; the central figure wears a tall crown and a garland, the left figure a white turban, and the right figure a pointed crown. A standing statue of a figure with pink turban, rudraksha mala and ornaments stands at the right of the shrine. A signboard reads KAILASA TONDIARPET BHARAT, and a small framed portrait is placed on the orange cloth-draped altar, with a banner of blue and red floral design at the right. A timestamp reads 30 Mar 2025 20:56:40 Chennai.2025-03-30