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A small yellow-walled shrine room with white floor tiles. On the left, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt sits with palms pressed together in prayer, beside a woman in an orange blouse and patterned sari with red bangles, looking up toward the shrine. In the lower centre, a bare-chested older man with grey hair sits near red-cloth offerings and a brass plate. On the right, a tall brass oil lamp stands before a deity murti draped in garlands of orange and white flowers, with a gold-framed backdrop. A timestamp reads 16 Jun 2025 16:49:31 at 278/47 4th Street, Tondiarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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