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Inside a decorated room, a figure in a red sleeveless top and orange skirt stands at a white stone shrine with a pyramid-shaped top and red and white flower garlands. A small statue in orange robes sits at the centre, with a black plaque beneath it bearing Tamil and English text, surrounded by pink petals and jasmine strands. A man in white clothes kneels at the lower right beside brass plates of petals and offerings, and a brass oil lamp is lit at the left. The figure's face is not clearly visible from this angle.

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