A devotee acting as "assistant priest": he prepares the Tuesday puja in front of the main shrine still covered by a curtain. The picture on the curtain represents once more the goddess Mariyamman. Besides this male devotee, two elderly female devotees regularly help in preparing the pujas. Generally, one of the women also leads the bhajan singing which takes place after the Friday pujas: for each of the temple deities there is a special Tamil song in a fixed order. While these three persons form the "core" devotees who are regularly present, the number of other temple visitors fluctuates. On Tuesdays there is usually a small crowd of five to twelve persons, whereas the Friday pujas often attract twenty or more. Even this number is critical, since the temple is so small that there is hardly enough space for twenty persons. Particularly on festival days there is not enough space for everyone. Photo: 20.7.2004.