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A photograph inside a temple hall showing a dark-faced Kalabhairava murti standing beneath a golden arch, adorned with red and orange flower garlands and a red and gold crown, holding a golden trident. Four women and girls in red and orange garments stand in front with palms pressed together in namaskar, with vibhuti marks on their foreheads. An oil lamp burns at the base beside a tray of fruit, flowers and offerings. A timestamp and location caption are printed in red across the lower image.

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A photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. On the left stands a large deity murti with a golden trident (trishula) and red and green garlands, with a rudraksha-like bead garland. In the centre, a man with bare upper body and a white horizontal forehead mark kneels on a striped cloth, hands together. Two girls in red dresses with gold borders sit in front, facing the altar, and a woman in a red sari sits at right. Offerings are arranged on a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, fruit and flowers. Wall paintings and green draped cloths are in the background, and a timestamp reads 23/11/2024 17:45.2024-11-23Inside a golden-walled shrine, four devotees stand with palms pressed together in namaskar before a dark deity murti of Kala Bhairava seated in a gold arch, adorned with a red garland. A brass trident stands to the left and a lit oil lamp and offering plates sit on the raised platform, with a sacred kolam drawn on the steps. A woman in a red striped sari, a woman in a yellow-and-orange sari, a man in a white dhoti and a man in a pink striped shirt and grey trousers pray. A timestamp reads 26 Dec 2021 17:57:48, Alagapuram Periyaputhur, Salem, Tamil Nadu.A dark stone murti of Kalabhairava stands in an arched niche of an ornate temple shrine, wearing a red turban-like crown and garlands of red flowers and yellow marigolds with bead necklaces. A golden trident leans against the figure. In front, a banana-leaf offering holds apples, bananas, red powder and white flower or rice offerings, with small oil lamps lit on a brass plate and beside the leaf. A striped cloth covers the floor. A timestamp overlay reads 23-Nov-2024 5:52:20 pm, Kothainatchiarpuram Road, Index number 1466. No people are visible.2024-11-23A photograph of a young girl in an orange bandhani-patterned salwar kameez standing in a temple shrine, carrying a brass plate with a lit oil lamp in her right hand. Behind her a dark stone deity murti in orange and red drapery stands on a black pedestal, flanked by gilded arches, and a pink lotus-petal base lies beneath it. A small brass bowl sits on the ledge. The image carries a timestamp and location stamp, which are not part of the description.2025-09-02A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall at dusk. A person in an orange sari, seen from the side, holds a lit oil lamp or torch flame toward two black stone deity murtis set in gold-painted arched frames. The central murti wears a red cloth and a tall crown-like headdress; the murti on the right is draped in a red cloth and seated. A metal vessel stands on the floor at left, and a colourful painted shrine with a small figure of a deity is visible in the background. The stamp reads 02-May-2025 6:48:44 PM, Kothainatchiarpuram Road, Pudupalaiyam, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.2025-02-05Photo inside a small temple shrine with gold-framed doors open to the viewer. A woman in an orange-red sari stands at left, holding up a lit lamp or candle toward the altar. The central altar holds a black Shiva lingam wrapped in a yellow and orange flower garland, set on a blue and green cloth. Behind it stands a deity murti with a dark face, silver necklaces and a red turban, framed by a gold arch and red drapery. Two smaller murtis flank the lingam on gold pedestals, one garlanded in orange and white, the other in blue with flower garlands. A brass plate with a lit oil lamp and incense sits in front. A sign reads KAILASA Rajapalayam. No a person candidate is visible.2025-05-16A four-panel collage of a temple abhishekam to a black stone deity murti. Two girls in orange-red dresses pour liquid from copper vessels over a dark stone murti with a tall crown, red tilak and a draped orange-gold cloth; one panel shows a girl holding a lit oil lamp on a brass plate before the same murti. A gold-painted arch frames the shrine, and a green backdrop appears in the lower panels. Timestamps read 11:18 am on 17 January 2025 and the location text reads Kothainatchiarpuram Road. The collage shows pictured rituals, while the people shown are the girls in the individual panels.2025-01-17A woman with a white vertical-tilak forehead mark and a small red kumkum dot stands in the foreground of a selfie-style photo, wearing an orange garment and a dark beaded necklace. Behind her is a dark stone deity murti with a tall multi-hooded cobra-like canopy, draped in a red cloth, adorned with silver garlands and a green-jewelled pendant, set in a gold-painted arched shrine niche. A small oil lamp burns on a pink-covered ledge at lower right. A timestamp reads 01-May-2025 7:35:14 PM with the location Kothainatchiarpuram Road, Pudupalaiyam, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.2025-01-05A small temple shrine with yellow walls and red steps holds a black Shiva lingam draped in a green and gold silk cloth and garlanded with pink and multicoloured flowers. Two black deity murtis flank it, one adorned with yellow marigold garlands and a red cloth. A woman in a cream sari sits in the foreground lighting an oil lamp at a brass-plated offering table with small brass lamps, plates and a pink-cloth gift. Two girls in orange or red dresses sit nearby watching, and a child is partly visible at left. Orange cloth and green leaves hang at the right edge.A photograph inside a small shrine room with gold-painted walls. Three women stand in front of a deity murti dressed in red cloth with a red headdress, garlanded with marigold and yellow flower strands, seated in a gold-framed red niche. On the left, a woman in a magenta sari and a woman in a red sari with blue blouse stand with palms pressed together in namaste. On the right, an older woman in a pink-and-white checked sari and teal blouse folds her hands in prayer. Before the murti sit a flower-filled brass plate, brass bells, small brass lamps and a steel covered vessel on a cloth. A printed sign reads KAILASA THIRUCHENGODE ERODE. A framed photograph and a cutout poster of a smiling man in orange turban and garland hang on the wall behind the group.2024-06-09Photograph of a temple interior at night showing a woman in an orange saree with a white forehead mark and bun, holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp in front of black stone deity statues framed by gold-coloured arches. A metal pot sits on the floor between them, and a colourful painted shrine with additional figures is visible behind. A timestamp overlay reads 02-May-2025 6:49:17 PM, Kothainatchiarpuram Road, Pudupalaiyam, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The scene shows a lamp offering (aarti) to the deities.2025-02-05A woman in an orange-red saree stands at left holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small metal vessel in the other, facing a dark-faced deity murti seated before a gold arched prabhavali with a green cloth backdrop. The murti wears a white dhoti with red-and-gold border, an ornate silver-and-gold embroidered chest piece, a tall crown, and holds a veena-like stringed instrument, with white flowers scattered on it. Behind is a painted deity figure on a pedestal and a plain blue-grey wall. A timestamp overlay reads 09-May-2025 8:59:36 PM, Kothainatchiarpuram Road, Pudupalaiyam, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.2025-09-05