A photograph of a carved wooden female figure statue standing in a dim storeroom, painted in faded white, pale blue and green with red accents. The figure leans one hand against her cheek and rests the other arm on a painted cylindrical pillar, with a long dark braid hanging over her shoulder ending in a tassel. Behind her are a large bronze bell with a ring handle and dark wooden frames. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a carved wooden female figure statue standing in a dim storeroom, painted in faded white, pale blue and green with red accents. The figure leans one hand against her cheek and rests the other arm on a painted cylindrical pillar, with a long dark braid hanging over her shoulder ending in a tassel. Behind her are a large bronze bell with a ring handle and dark wooden frames.

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