Close photograph of old palm-leaf manuscript bundles bound with red cord. A torn white paper label with blue handwritten Tamil script is tied to the top bundle. Below, a dark wooden cover board carries a carved eight-petaled rosette or lotus-like star motif. Dim wooden shelf and red-cord bindings fill the frame; no people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photograph of old palm-leaf manuscript bundles bound with red cord. A torn white paper label with blue handwritten Tamil script is tied to the top bundle. Below, a dark wooden cover board carries a carved eight-petaled rosette or lotus-like star motif. Dim wooden shelf and red-cord bindings fill the frame; no people are visible.

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