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A black stone murti of a four-armed deity seated on a rocky base, wearing an orange cloth wrap and an orange-and-green striped headband with a red bindi. Long white jasmine garlands hang from the shoulders and chest, with red roses, green leaves, marigolds and gold-wrapped kalasha-style ornaments tied on the arms and base. Carved figures climb the rock beneath. Behind it, green leaves and branches of a banyan tree fill the frame, and a silver-repoussé arch stands at the left edge. No people are visible.

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