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A photograph of a dark display board pinned with framed family portraits and printed photos, with a garland of white flowers and a few red petals along the bottom edge. Top row: a sepia portrait of an elderly woman in a dark high-necked dress; a colour photo of a smiling older woman in a red-brown sari with a bindi; and a printed photo of an older couple, the man in a white shirt and the woman in glasses. Left side: two small black-and-white head shots of women, one with glasses. Bottom centre: a black-and-white portrait of an elderly man in a striped shirt. Bottom right: a black-and-white photo of an elderly man in a white shawl beside an elderly woman in front of a thatched hut. Printed captions list dates and nakshatra details for Thambimuthu Ponnuthurai and Thilagavathy Ponnuthurai, labelled as Aroon Sivaji's paternal grandfather and grandmother. No people are physically present; all figures are printed photographs.

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