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Interior of a dim stone temple sanctum at Tiruvannamalai. Centre: a shrine niche framed by yellow and white flower garlands and a draped cloth canopy, with two deity murtis wearing yellow garlands. Right foreground: a black stone murti draped in a yellow garland and white cloth. Left: a wooden scaffold or ladder structure beside a yellow and orange flower-garland banner, and a uniformed police officer in khaki cap at the edge. No people are shown in devotional posture. Lamps glow faintly in the dark stone hall.

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