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A blue rectangular sign with a white border and small om symbols in its corners, lettered in Malayalam script above, English SASTHAVU in the middle, and Tamil script below, mounted on a brown wooden frame. The sign reads Sasthavu, a name for a shrine area, and is photographed close up with a bright light source at the lower right. No people are visible.

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