We go after 9pm. Dance in the makeshift mandapam outside, invoking the Dashavataras. Temple doors only left slightly ajar as everything closes down inside. We are called for the final closing prasadam – warm milk and ghee-laden kesari. The dancer groups outside, along with their own utsavar alankaram and pujas which go on daily, have no formal connection with the Perumal temple as such. This is all organised by “Hindu Munnani” says Prasanna, though the signs say it’s VHP. Some of the performances are very good.