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Outdoor photo of a black stone statue seated on a pedestal beneath a tree canopy, with lush green foliage behind. The figure wears an orange-saffron dhoti with gold trim, a rudraksha mala across the chest, and a red flower on its head with a tilak mark. Its hands are raised in mudras. Before the pedestal sit bananas, a brass cup, a brass lamp with a lit flame, a shallow tray with red and yellow offerings, and small oil lamps on the stone platform below. No people are visible.

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