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July 16 20142014-07-16Close-up photograph of a carved dark wooden cobra with its hood spread, facing the camera. The head has red painted eyes and gold-outlined scale patterns, and the hood bands are striped in dark brown and gold against a blurred beige background. No people are visible.2014-07-16July 16 20142014-07-16July 15 20142014-07-15July 16 20142014-07-16Photo 11727642 +2 copiesA dark stone shivalinga in a hooded five-headed cobra canopy stands in a dim, rough-walled shrine. Small red kumkum dots mark the cobra's hood ridges, and a single oil lamp flame burns in the yoni-shaped base. No people are visible; the scene is a quiet nagapratishtha-style shrine with a lit lamp at the foot of the lingam.2013-09-30February 16 20132013-02-16July 16 20142014-07-16Close-up photograph of a black stone naga (cobra) sculpture with a hooded head, its raised hood marked with red dots of kumkum. Coiled serpent body forms a base holding a small lit oil lamp, whose flame glows at the centre of the frame against a brown earthen background. No people visible.2013-09-20May 31 20132013-05-31 +1 copiesA dark stone naga (serpent) sculpture with a multi-hooded cobra canopy stands on a coiled base, decorated with small red-and-white dots along its hoods. A small oil lamp with a lit flame sits in a shallow dish at the centre of the coils, set between weathered tree trunks on bare earth. No people are visible; the scene is a shrine-style snake deity with a lamp offering, a naga murti rather than any person.2013-06-17