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Outdoor photo of a long queue of devotees standing in two lines in front of a white-columned building with an orange-tiled roof. On the left, women in sarees and salwar kameez in black, pink, blue, and yellow stand with hands folded; on the right, young men in matching grey-blue uniforms stand in a row. A small girl in a light blue dress stands among the women. Behind the crowd, a figure wearing an orange garment and a rudraksha-style necklace stands on a balcony above the entrance, appearing as a possible in-person candidate with uncertain appearance. A stone sign reads 'P.S. Kumaraswami Raja Nadar Gnanarthana Thirumana Mandapam'. Two banners hang on the pillars, and a police officer in khaki stands at the right edge. Strings of lights hang from trees at left, and a dark hill is visible in the background at dusk.

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