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A close photograph of a metallic statue, shown in a temple shrine, with a mango resting in a silver bowl in the foreground. The statue is a standing bronze-coloured figure with a dark curly hairstyle, a red tilak on the forehead, gold necklaces and ornate armlet and wristlet jewellery, and a teal and magenta lower garment with a red waistband. Its raised hand is shown in a blessing gesture. Behind it are ornate gold-plated pillars and a gold-coloured pedestal, with red rose petals scattered on the black floor and an orange cloth beneath the bowl. No living people are visible. The mango is the principal offering in front of the deity murti.

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