A photograph of an overgrown corner of a courtyard beside a grey concrete block wall and a pale ornate carved pillar at the left edge. A slender tree with broad green leaves and thin tangled roots grows from bare brown earth scattered with litter and weeds. Above the wall, a pinkish-orange painted boundary wall is visible. No people, deities or ritual activity appear in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of an overgrown corner of a courtyard beside a grey concrete block wall and a pale ornate carved pillar at the left edge. A slender tree with broad green leaves and thin tangled roots grows from bare brown earth scattered with litter and weeds. Above the wall, a pinkish-orange painted boundary wall is visible. No people, deities or ritual activity appear in the scene.

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