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July 26 2014

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A black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a red-painted pedestal in an outdoor courtyard. It wears a draped gold-and-maroon cloth and garlands of red and orange flowers around its neck and chest. A red brick wall, green trees and a tall red stone lamp stand behind and beside it, with paved ground in front. No people are visible.2014-08-07A black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a red-painted pedestal in an open paved courtyard, garlanded with marigold and white flower strings and draped with a red cloth on its neck. A tall copper-coloured kalasha-style pillar rises behind it, with palm trees and leafy shrubs around the courtyard. A red-painted platform and a black metal staircase stand to the right. No people are visible in the foreground, with only a distant figure near the left edge.2014-09-05June 18 20132013-06-18A large black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a red plinth in an open courtyard paved with light brick tiles. It wears a red and yellow marigold garland, a beaded necklace and a sacred thread-like collar, with an orange cloth draped over its back. Palm trees, flowering shrubs and a red-walled building form the background, and a black metal staircase stands at the right edge. No people are visible.2014-08-16March 24 20132013-03-24March 20 20132013-03-20A black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a red sandstone plinth at an outdoor shrine. The bull wears a strand of beads and a red-and-white garland with a sacred marking on its forehead, and a red cloth drapes over its back. Behind it, a tiered red stone base supports a carved kalasha-like finial. Grey stone deity statues stand among green palms on the left, and potted plants with small leaves sit in front. No people are visible.2013-04-13August 16 20142014-08-16A dark stone Nandi bull statue sits on a red pedestal in an outdoor temple courtyard. It wears a reddish-brown and red beaded garland around its neck, a tilak mark on its forehead, and a draped saffron-gold cloth over its back. Behind it, a carved red stone pillar base and palm and tree foliage frame the scene, with a few distant figures walking on a paved path. A single white flower lies at the base. The statue is a Nandi devotional murti, not a person.2014-07-26A black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a red-painted pedestal outdoors, draped with a cream cloth with a gold-and-maroon border. It wears a thick maroon-brown rudraksha-style mala around its neck, a gold-bead chain, and garlands of yellow and red flowers. Green trees and a palm frond stand behind it, with a red wall to the left. No physical people are visible, and the statue is a depiction of a sacred bull rather than a person.2014-11-18March 16 20132013-03-16September 05 20142014-09-05