Photograph of a row of black stone deity statues on a dark raised platform in a temple interior. Several figures wear garlands of white flowers with red and pink blossoms, and one has a red cloth band tied across its head. Behind them are a gold-trimmed cloth and a wall with decorative patterned panels. The statues are murti images only; no living people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a row of black stone deity statues on a dark raised platform in a temple interior. Several figures wear garlands of white flowers with red and pink blossoms, and one has a red cloth band tied across its head. Behind them are a gold-trimmed cloth and a wall with decorative patterned panels. The statues are murti images only; no living people are visible.

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