Beside the Altar of Dira                               NW     #      - 
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You are just east of the center of the elevated platform that serves as
the temple's altar.  Here is where the priests must stand to lecture to the
crowds that gather in the seating area all around the circular plateau. 
There is a giant stone pillar just to the north of here which has a door in
it!  You are very interested in seeing what could be inside a stone column. 
A colorful sylph flies around you, playfully.