A photograph of a dark stone murti of a four-armed Vishnu form, adorned with a tall crown and a yellow-gold cloth at the waist, standing in a gilded arched niche. A hand wearing red-beaded bracelets holds a lit oil lamp in front of the deity, its flame visible. A smaller golden figure of a deity stands on the stone pedestal below. Ritual worship at a temple shrine. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a dark stone murti of a four-armed Vishnu form, adorned with a tall crown and a yellow-gold cloth at the waist, standing in a gilded arched niche. A hand wearing red-beaded bracelets holds a lit oil lamp in front of the deity, its flame visible. A smaller golden figure of a deity stands on the stone pedestal below. Ritual worship at a temple shrine.

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