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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.

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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.2024-11-23Photo of a temple-room puja inside a small shrine hall with a whitewashed wall and pink-painted door. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with white sacred marks on his arms and chest holds a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait on an easel. The portrait is labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" and shows a figure seated in meditation with a rudraksha mala. Two seated girls in orange-red dresses sit on mats; one at left and one at centre with a marked forehead. Brass plates of flowers, banana leaves and offerings sit on the floor, and a brass lamp burns in front. Two large painted dvarapala-style guardian figures in green, red and gold flank the shrine doorway, and a golden throne-like niche and red-cloth altar stand behind.2024-01-11Feb 12 2022 sripuramA temple shrine scene with a priest in a bare-chested white dhoti standing before a deity murti of Lord Muruga, dark-faced and adorned with red and white flower garlands, a golden crown and a spear-like vel. Three women in saris stand with palms pressed together in prayer: one in an orange and dark brown outfit at left, one in a red and gold brocade sari in the centre-right, and one in a magenta sari at right. A brass tray with red marigold garlands, fruit, flower petals, a kalasha-style vessel and brass lamps sits on a green gold-patterned cloth in the foreground. Peacock feathers decorate the gold arched frame, and a blue-skinned deity figure stands at left. Blue fairy lights hang along the wall. This appears to be a puja or archana in progress.August 18 20192019-08-18Seven women and one man sit in a row on a tiled floor in a small orange-walled shrine room, hands pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground a woman in a checked red-and-grey saree and a woman in white with a red border sit near a brass vessel. A woman in a lavender saree and another in orange sit before a red-draped altar holding a small oil lamp, a brass plate of fruit and flower petals. Behind them a garlanded deity murti stands within a gold arch framed by a blue backdrop, with a standing garlanded statue of a saint in pink robes at left and a peacock-feather decoration at right. A signboard reads KAILASA AVADI beside the altar, and the floor is scattered with petals.2024-02-122008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadA photograph of a devotional gathering inside a small orange-walled hall with a golden arched shrine. At the shrine, a priest with bare upper body and white dhoti stands facing the deity murti decorated with flower garlands, with oil lamps before it and a portrait in an ornate frame on the right wall. Several seated devotees in saris, including a woman in blue and red, a woman in a green-and-yellow sari and women in orange and mustard tones, sit on the floor with hands joined in prayer. A woman in yellow and patterned skirt stands at the right near the portrait, and children sit on the floor among offerings and fruit on mats.2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadFeb 7 2022 sripuram2022-02-07Indoor temple-style hall where a priest in orange robes stands at left holding a lit flame on a long lamp-like torch, facing a small shrine. Two dark stone guardian figures flank a central altar with garlands, flowers and offerings. A framed portrait of a bejewelled figure with long hair and a garland sits on a stand at right, labelled as a printed picture. About a dozen seated devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and salwars with flowers in their braided hair, sit on the floor in rows at the front, hands joined in prayer. Brass vessels and a brass pitcher lie in the foreground. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja.A photograph inside a small temple room with orange walls and a wooden cupboard. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands at a shrine, holding a lit oil lamp in front of a decorated deity murti set with garlands and a blue backdrop. A standing woman in a red blouse and striped pink and yellow saree presses her palms together. Two seated women, one in green and one in pink, sit with folded hands on a striped mat. A woman in a blue saree sits on the tiled floor to the left. Trays of flowers, fruit, kumkum and vibhuti sit on a blue-draped table beside metal vessels, and a framed calendar hangs on the wall.2025-09-22