A weathered grey stone sculpture of a seated bull. The bull has a curved horn, a pointed muzzle, a small ear, and a hump on its back, with lichen and pale mineral staining across its surface. No people are visible, and the carving reads as an architectural or temple-adjacent sculpture. - Nithyanandapedia

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A weathered grey stone sculpture of a seated bull. The bull has a curved horn, a pointed muzzle, a small ear, and a hump on its back, with lichen and pale mineral staining across its surface. No people are visible, and the carving reads as an architectural or temple-adjacent sculpture.

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A weathered grey stone statue of a seated bull. The bull's head is turned to the left, with short curved horns and a carved ear, and its forelegs are folded beneath its body. Lichen and discoloration mark the stone surface. No people are visible.

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A photograph taken between weathered grey stone walls looking up toward a sky with scattered clouds. In the upper centre, a white sculpted bull with a blue and gold-trimmed collar and bead garland rests on a pinkish ledge, a Nandi-style figure. Green leaves and thin bare twigs grow at the left edge. The white statue is a deity murti, not a person, so no physical people are visible.

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