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A framed black-and-white painting on cream paper, showing a seated goddess playing a stringed veena held across her body. She wears a crown, many necklaces and bangles, and sits on a lotus-like cushion with a peacock at her feet. Two swans appear in the upper corners, and a dense border of scrollwork and Telugu-script verses surrounds the central arch. A deity murti painting of Saraswati is depicted, with no physical people present. The frame shows wear and staining.

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A framed black-and-white engraved print of the goddess Lakshmi seated on a lotus, with multiple arms holding lotuses and objects, a halo behind her head, an elephant beside her, and an Om symbol within the lotus base. The image is bordered by dense Telugu/Sanskrit script and geometric ornamental patterns on a cream mat within a dark wooden frame. No physical people are present.1995-01-011995 - fresh biographical archive Items touched and used by The SPH discovered1995-01-01A framed black-and-white print of a Vishnu deity murti (Venkateswara-style) standing under an ornate arched torana with pillars and a central crown, adorned with layered garlands and jewelry. The image is bordered by a grid of Vaishnava urdhva pundra and chakra symbols on a black field, set in a worn, aged wooden frame with a cream mat. No people are visible; the image is a painted or printed depiction of a deity.1995-01-011995 - fresh biographical archive Items touched and used by The SPH discovered1995-01-01A black-and-white printed devotional plate in a bordered frame showing a seated Ganesha deity murti with an elephant head, a crown, a third eye marking on the forehead, and multiple arms holding ritual objects. Ornate arches, pillars and an ornamental halo surround the figure, and a row of small figures and lotus-like motifs runs along the base. Telugu-script verses fill the border and panels. No physical people are visible; the figure is a printed depiction and no a person candidate appears.1995-01-01A framed painting of a seated goddess on an ornate throne under a decorated canopy. She wears a red sari, a tall jeweled crown, and many necklaces and bangles, with a pink lotus-petal base. Two white elephants raise their trunks on either side, two attendants stand below, and winged figures play instruments above. Ornate gold frame. Deity murti depicted in painting; no living people.1995-01-01January 25 20102010-01-25August 09 20102010-08-091995 - fresh biographical archive Items touched and used by The SPH discovered1995-01-01A photograph of an ornate embossed silver panel mounted on a wall, showing a seated four-armed goddess in relief within a decorated arched frame with floral scrollwork. The deity holds a book or scroll in one upper hand, a lotus-like object in another, and a small pot or vessel at her side, with a crown and jewelled ornaments. Foliate borders and bead-like ornamentation frame the central deity murti. No people are visible.2008-01-09Close view of an ornate embossed metal panel with a repoussé relief of a seated deity murti in a decorated arched niche. The figure sits in lotus posture on a stepped pedestal, with a crown, halo-like backdrop, necklaces and multiple raised hands. Scrollwork, floral borders and rope-like frames surround the central panel, and a neighbouring panel is partly visible at right. No people are present.2008-01-09Goddess laxmi