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Close-up of a hooded cobra sculpture with scale-patterned brown hood and a pale white and blue striped body, rising above red and yellow painted blocks against a dark background. A thin red tongue is visible at the top. No people are visible in the frame.

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December 19 20152015-12-19 +1 copiesDecember 19 20152015-12-19 +1 copiesDecember 19 20152015-12-19 +1 copiesDecember 19 20152015-12-19Close-up photograph of a hanging decorative mobile in a dim hall with dark wooden paneling. Central focus is a painted carved cobra head with a red tongue and blue-and-white striped throat, attached to a cylindrical drum-like segment painted in maroon and white with yellow-edged ends. A second drum-like section with a dark textured snake coiled around it extends to the right, and a partial round disc with concentric circles appears at the left edge. No people are visible.2015-12-19Close-up photograph of a painted wooden decorative object hanging against a dark background. A carved cobra with a blue-white hood and red tongue rests across cylindrical drum-shaped pieces painted in red, white and yellow with black bands. The cobra's scaled body wraps around the drums, and a second painted drum piece appears at right. No people are visible.2015-12-19December 19 20152015-12-19December 19 20152015-12-19 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a painted wooden hanging decoration shaped like a cobra coiled around a red and yellow striped damaru drum, with a second similar painted drum hanging beside it. The cobra has a blue-striped body, dark scaled hood, and a red tongue. Dark background with no people visible.2015-12-19Photograph of an empty ceremonial throne (peetha) shaped like a coiled cobra, with a large hooded naga canopy of orange and yellow with blue stripes and dotted scales above a brown cushioned seat draped with a folded white cloth. The seat rests on a painted coiled serpent base in orange, yellow and teal. Behind it stand decorated arches with red, white, green and yellow floral garlands and gilded deity murti in shrines. A tent canopy overhead and rubble visible beyond. No people are present.2006-12-29Close photograph of a hand-painted decorative object hanging from a thin wire against a dark brown background. It depicts a stylised cobra with a raised, hooded head, painted with orange, brown and cream scales and pale blue markings, wrapped around a red and yellow cylindrical drum-like form with white bands. A second curled tail hangs below. No people are visible.2015-12-19Close-up photo of hanging decorative objects: red and orange damaru drums with white and black circular faces, each wrapped by a painted cobra with brown scales and blue-grey belly stripes. The objects hang from thin wires against a dark background, with a ceiling light at upper right. No people are visible.2015-12-19