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Indoor temple room with a row of black stone Siddha statues seated on pedestals against a tan wall, each wearing orange-red cloths and yellow-and-white floral garlands and topped with tall conical headpieces. In the lower right, a woman in a white sari with an orange border sits at a low table draped in orange cloth, performing puja with brass plates of offerings, a lit oil lamp, a small kalasha-style brass vessel, and incense smoke rising. A small shallow tray with flowers sits on the table. Smaller brass plates with offerings are placed along the pedestal base, and a security camera is mounted high on the wall.

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