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A temple sanctum with gold-painted arched niches. On the left, a seated figure in a red and gold turban and garland, raising one hand, sits on a gold lotus pedestal beneath a pink cloth, with a sign reading KAILASA SALEM BHARATH hanging nearby; it is a statue, not a physical person. Centre, a black-stone deity murti in a red sari and jewelled necklaces sits in a niche, and to the right a dark figure in a pink dress stands in another niche. A hand at the left pours liquid from a brass vessel over a brass and copper ritual arrangement on a wooden tray, with copper figures including a standing devotee-like figure, a deity with a trident and figures in red cloth, a yellow marigold, and a brass plate with an om symbol in front. Brass pots and an oil lamp stand nearby. Only the pouring hand is a physical person.