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Photograph inside a temple shrine showing a small golden standing statue of a bare-chested child figure with a red tilak on the forehead, wearing a short patterned waist cloth, one hand raised in blessing and the other lowered, set on a golden pedestal on a tray stained with yellow turmeric. Behind it stands a larger dark-stone deity murti dressed in a magenta and silver embroidered garment with a jeweled necklace and an orange-and-gold draped cloth. A gold-leafed decorative frame and a brass pot appear at the edges. A small printed sign partly visible at right reads KA... THIRUC..., and a timestamp in the corner reads 14-Jul-2024 11:54:43. No people are visible.

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