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A black stone statue of Dakshinamurthi, a four-armed deity figure, sits under a green tree canopy inside an ornate silver arch. The statue wears an orange cloth wrapped around the body and an orange head cloth with a red tilak mark on the forehead. Thick garlands of yellow and purple flowers hang from its shoulders to the base. Its hands hold a drum-like object and other ritual items. The plinth bears a dark sign reading Dakshinamurthi Shrine in Kannada and English. Red painted pedestals flank the base. No people are clearly visible.

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