it printing empty.

I'd be surprised if setting $template::Stash::PRIVATE even to true value would print anything. First of all it should be $Template::Stash::PRIVATE, but you don't need it anyway. You need process method, try it like this:

$tt->process(\*DATA) || die $tt->error(), "\n";
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Note this $tt->error(), it will tell you what's wrong.