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Night photograph of a KAILASA centre facade in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a reddish-brown building and a banner reading kailasa madurai in English and Tamil. Above, a lit glass display case holds gold-coloured deity murti and figures, including a seated deity with lion-like figures. Below, a golden altar stands at the entrance, with a small screen showing a face. Several people gather: a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a few white-clad priests with shaved heads and tied hair work at a golden counter, and women in yellow and blue saris and a young girl with flowers in her hair stand nearby. A timestamp reads 16-Apr-2022 8:10:44 PM, Amman Sannathi Street, Madurai Main, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

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