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A bare-chested priest seated at a puja arrangement on a red cloth, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and a cream-coloured turban, his back to the camera. He faces a bundled orange-and-gold cloth draped with a red-bordered wrap against a gold curtain, which he touches with one hand. In front of him stand brass plates and bowls with marigold and rose petals, turmeric and kumkum, betel leaves, a small oil lamp, a brass kalasha-style pot, and incense sticks sending up smoke. The scene looks like a Hindu puja or abhishekam setting.

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KAILASA HYDERABAD On October 18, 2026A photograph of a seated priest in white dhoti with a gold border, bare-chested and wearing a pale peach turban and a dark rudraksha mala, performing a puja on a red cloth. Before him are brass bowls of flowers and petals, small clay dishes of yellow powder and red kumkum, a bowl of green leaves, and an incense holder with sticks. Behind is a tall bundle of orange cloth draped against gold curtains, presumably a sacred offering. The priest is seated cross-legged with his back turned to the camera.A photograph of a priest seated cross-legged on a red cloth performing a puja with brass vessels, flowers, turmeric and kumkum bowls, and a small brass bell. He is bare-chested with white ash markings on his arms, wears a white turban and a white-and-yellow dhoti, and has a rudraksha mala around his neck. 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