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. - Nithyanandapedia

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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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