Mr Martin, it turns out, had been walking back to the house of his father's girlfriend in the gated community, having bought somesweets and iced tea at a nearby corner store.
Pick up some milky sweets or eat a nice, hot curry off a banana leaf, and see some stunning examples of Tamil temple architecture at the Sri Mariamman Temple, whose four walls enclose both the holy space of worship and, to the faithful, the universe entire.