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A photograph of an old mural painted on a palace wall, showing a royal hall with blue and gold columns, a golden throne with red drapery, and a raised balcony with figures. In the foreground a standing figure in a yellow dhoti with a cloth over the shoulder faces a seated figure in a crown and jewelled necklace, who is kneeling on the floor. Offerings of fruit sit on a stone pedestal at left. The painting is faded and flaking, with red curtains and a green coffered ceiling above. No living people are visible; the figures are painted depictions.

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