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southern courtyard anytime: get a piece of
gold-threaded cloth from outside the tem-
ple, wrap some coins in it, and tie it to the
tree along with a prayer. Afterwards, ring
the big brass bell. The temple is the focus
of the enormous and spectacular Nallur
Festival in mid-summer.

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sections of this vast complex (once one of the

greatest Dutch forts in Asia) have been recently

restored, though it remains largely in ruins. It

was built in 1680 over an earlier Portuguese

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