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Photograph of white kolam floor designs drawn in front of a temple sanctum on a worn grey stone floor. A large symmetrical kolam with interlaced loops, petal-like lobes and dot patterns sits on the left, and a long serpentine kolam line runs alongside it toward a black stone plinth with cream edging on the right. Checkered black and white marble tiles appear at the lower left and right edges. A timestamp reads Feb 8, 2025 01:00:20 at the bottom right. No people are visible.

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