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A small shrine corner in a plain room with pale turquoise walls and a tiled floor. On a table draped with a patterned white cloth sit brass lamps, a small bell, a bowl and scattered white and yellow flowers. A large framed portrait labelled with Tamil text shows a figure seated on an ornate silver-and-gold throne with a red cushion, wearing a white dhoti and shawl with a gold chain, garlanded with white flower strands and red flowers. To the right leans a second framed photograph of a figure in orange robes seated among stone pillars, garlanded with white flowers, with red flowers placed at its base. No people are physically present.

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