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A photograph of a home altar corner with a life-size cutout figure seated in lotus pose, wearing a red turban with a red bindi, rudraksha mala and white flower garland, holding a trident in one hand and raising the other in a blessing gesture. The figure is a printed or painted cutout, not a physical person, and is described as a depiction. In front sits a gold yantra plate, a white marble Ganesha, a gold Lakshmi-style murti, a brass tray with bananas, rudraksha malas, cash and offerings, and a bowl of red kumkum. A red-clad dark deity murti stands at the right near a window, and a framed Tirupati-style painting and a copper yantra hang on the wall. A handwritten paper sign reads KAILASA SAN DIEGO on the left wall. Orange and red cloths cover the altar table.