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A framed printed portrait labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA" hangs on a wall above a home shrine. The portrait shows a seated man in orange-saffron robes with a white beaded mala necklace, a red tilak on his forehead, and long swept-back dark hair, one hand raised in blessing against a backdrop of large banyan tree roots. In front of the portrait stands a brass oil lamp (kuthu vilakku) with a lit flame. The shrine table is draped with a leopard-print cloth and holds yellow marigold flowers, a small white shell, a glass shivalinga and a brass bell. A partly visible blue framed picture with Tamil text stands to the right. No people are present.