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Crowded temple interior at a Tiruchendur Murugan shrine. A man with long dark hair, orange-saffron clothing and a rudraksha mala stands at right, smiling, while a priest in white dhoti with bare upper body and sacred ash marks applies a ritual item to a long rudraksha-bead garland held in his hands. Behind them a bare-chested devotee with white beaded necklaces and an orange cloth waits, and many people in saffron and white clothes and devotees with cameras and phones raise them to photograph the scene. A blue sign with a bilingual notice and a green-and-orange decorative panel hang in the background, with a coconut and leaves on a metal tray at lower left.

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