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A photograph inside a small wood-panelled room decorated with paper triangle bunting and metallic foil bows hanging from the ceiling. On the left, a seated figure in orange clothing and an orange head covering wears a garland of green leaves and pink and yellow flowers and sits before a decorated altar with pink flower offerings, a coconut, and orange cloth. In front of the altar, a tray of food offerings in small bowls is spread on a white cloth. Standing in a row are an older woman in white with a red-bordered sari, four girls and a boy in red and blue clothing with palms pressed together in namaste, and a woman in a red kurta with folded hands. The scene looks like a Guru Poornima devotional gathering with puja offerings. Pink and turquoise bunting and a wall calendar are visible.

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Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamA photograph taken inside a small room where a group of children and several adults sit closely together on the floor, facing toward the camera. Two girls in front, one in a pink dress and one in a red dress with gold bangles, sit with palms pressed together in namaste. A boy in a red sleeveless top sits at the lower left, and a boy in a white shirt with a tilak on his forehead is at the far left. An elderly woman in a yellow sari with a red bindi sits at the right edge. Behind them, more children and adults sit along the wall, and a wooden door and a doorway to a kitchen area are visible. No statue, puja setup or a person is shown.A photograph inside a small temple room with orange-painted walls and a gold-framed shrine with a blue backdrop holding garlanded deity murtis. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands at the shrine with folded hands, facing the deities. Around him, women devotees in saris stand with hands pressed together in prayer, including one in a yellow and green patterned sari, one in an orange sari, and one in a white sari with a red border. A small brass bell hangs from the ceiling and a shelf on the left holds small figurines and folded cloths. A figure in pink and white clothing with a garland stands near the shrine, possibly a statue. This appears to be a daily worship scene during a puja or abhishekam.2024-02-12A small golden-walled room with a barred window, where a group of devotees sits on the floor for a ritual. A woman in a cream saree with a maroon blouse and glasses holds her hands together over a brass plate of flowers and offerings, while a girl in red beside her reaches toward the plate. Two older women in white and orange sit nearby, and a girl in pink with a teal skirt sits in prayer with her palms joined. A man in white dhoti and glasses on the right sits with his hands folded in namaskar. Brass lamps and steel containers sit on a red platform in the foreground, with a lit oil lamp at the lower left.2024-07-10May 19 20192019-05-19A photograph of a worship room decorated with yellow marigold garlands and strings of flowers along the walls and above a shrine. At the centre, a seated deity murti with an orange-red and gold cloth sits on a white and red altar draped with marigold garlands, with brass lamps and offering plates in front. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the altar holding a lit lamp toward the deity. Devotees, mostly men in white shirts and some women, sit or stand with hands joined in prayer on a red mat. Red curtains frame the room. The scene suggests a puja at the shrine.2010-02-18A photograph of a devotional gathering inside a small orange-walled hall with a golden arched shrine. At the shrine, a priest with bare upper body and white dhoti stands facing the deity murti decorated with flower garlands, with oil lamps before it and a portrait in an ornate frame on the right wall. Several seated devotees in saris, including a woman in blue and red, a woman in a green-and-yellow sari and women in orange and mustard tones, sit on the floor with hands joined in prayer. A woman in yellow and patterned skirt stands at the right near the portrait, and children sit on the floor among offerings and fruit on mats.Indoor puja in a teal-walled room with a wooden floor. A bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and rudraksha-style beads bends forward at a shrine, reaching toward a lit oil lamp. Beside him a woman in a white veil and white sari stands with hands together. Four children, barefoot, stand before the altar with hands in anjali. The central shrine holds a multi-headed deity murti with a halo and a small figure seated on a red cushion, flanked by marigold garlands, a kalasha-like flower-decorated lamp, candles, plantain leaves and a tray of offerings. On the right wall, framed portraits show a man in saffron robes and beads seated beneath a tree, and a man in white seated on an ornate golden throne. A calendar-style print of Ganesha hangs on the left wall.2024-08-28July 13 2022 Sripuram2022-07-13A small shrine room with orange walls and a gold-framed arched niche holding a blue backdrop, garlanded deity murtis and a small sign reading KAILASA AVADI. A group of seven people sits on the tiled floor before the shrine: a girl in a pink dress at left, a woman in an orange sari with a red blouse and forehead tilak, a young boy in a grey shirt, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti, plus two older men in white dhotis with sacred ash markings. A lit oil lamp and a brass plate with offerings sit before the deities, and a framed portrait of a seated person with a turban-like headwear hangs on the left wall. Several people are seated in a devotional gathering.2025-01-19Indoor photo of three children standing before a home shrine on a wooden floor against a mint-green wall. Two boys at left and centre have hands pressed in anjali (namaskar); the boy at far left wears a checked shirt and the centre boy is bare-chested with a white dhoti and gold chain. A girl in the middle wears a red head veil, a yellow blouse, a patterned skirt and beaded necklaces, consistent with a dressed-up Krishna-themed celebration. Behind them is a decorated deity murti with multiple heads and a golden arched backdrop, a framed Ganesha picture hangs on the wall, and a small Krishna figure garlanded with yellow flowers sits on a tray with oil lamps, savouries and brass vessels. A swing with flower garlands hangs above. Three people are visible.2024-08-28A photograph of devotees with folded hands standing in a covered pavilion with a striped cloth runway on the floor, facing a shrine. At the far end, a seated figure in pink-and-white clothing with a flower garland is a deity murti or statue; a golden trident stands beside the shrine. Brass pots and offerings sit on the steps. In the foreground, a man in a checked shirt and checked lungi holds his hands in anjali, beside an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti. A woman in a teal dress with a floral hem and a woman in a yellow-and-blue sari stand among others, including children in orange and red. A red-and-purple canopy with a pink patterned top covers the scene.2019-08-18