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A photograph of a painted temple frieze of sculpted figures above a doorway, depicting the Meenakshi Kalyanam wedding scene. At centre, a bride and groom stand before a sacred fire in a ceremonial marriage, with deity murti figures in crowns and jewellery flanking them. Around them, colourfully painted attendant figures play instruments, including a flute, a drum, a veena and a conch-like horn, and some stand with hands folded in devotion. A bull figure appears at left. Below the frieze, a sign reads Sri Meenakshi Kalyana, with Kannada text beside it and a dark plaque beneath. Figures are statues, not physical people.

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