Close-up photograph of a weathered reddish-brown stone statue of a deity head with an elaborate topknot and a red kumkum mark on the forehead. Red petals scattered around it, a pink flower at the right edge, and a pale blue sky with blurred leaves above. No living people are visible; the figure is a stone murti, not a person. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a weathered reddish-brown stone statue of a deity head with an elaborate topknot and a red kumkum mark on the forehead. Red petals scattered around it, a pink flower at the right edge, and a pale blue sky with blurred leaves above. No living people are visible; the figure is a stone murti, not a person.

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