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Outdoor shrine photograph showing a black stone statue of a seated deity in yoga posture, wrapped in yellow cloth with an orange head cloth and peacock feather, wearing layered beaded rudraksha-style malas, with four arms holding a drum and other ritual objects. The statue sits in a silver arched frame before a magenta drape, surrounded by trees, on a base heaped with red and orange kumkum. A small plaque reads Dakshinamurthi shrine. No people are visible.

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June 28 20132013-06-28September 11 20132013-09-11A black stone statue of Lord Dakshinamurthy, the seated form of Shiva as teacher, stands at the centre of an outdoor shrine beneath a spreading banyan tree. The murti is draped in an orange cloth, wears a saffron headcloth and a rudraksha mala, and is garlanded with red, yellow and green flower strands. Its four arms are raised, one holding a small drum-like object. Behind it, a large ornate silver arch frames the deity. The statue sits on a raised base of red-painted stones, with a black plinth bearing a Kannada-script signboard and an Om symbol below. Leafy branches and a paved ground surround the shrine.2010-07-08July 09 20132013-07-09May 08 20122012-05-08A black stone murti of Dakshinamurthi, the seated teacher form of Shiva, under an ornate silver arch with a pink curtain behind it. The figure wears an orange cloth around the head and body, rudraksha malas, and yellow and pink flower garlands, holding a drum, a flame-like object and a mudra gesture. A small black plaque beneath reads Dakshinamurthi shrine in Kannada and English, with a red painted base and a small offering packet and a painted OM mark in front. Trees surround the shrine outdoors.2013-01-13September 13 20142014-09-13September 07 20112011-09-07A black stone statue of a four-armed deity murti stands inside a silver-coloured ornate arch beneath a leafy banyan-type tree. The figure wears an orange and maroon striped dhoti-style cloth and an orange headwrap, with a red bindi on the forehead and a long rudraksha-style bead mala hanging to the waist. Its hands hold ritual objects including a drum-like item and a flower. The statue rests on a dark pedestal above a red-painted base, and a black plaque with a small decorative design is set at the front. No people are visible.2010-08-06July 14 20132013-07-14A black stone statue of a multi-armed deity form, draped in orange cloth with an orange head covering and a long rudraksha mala, sits on a dark pedestal inside an ornate silver arch set among trees. Its hands hold a drum and other objects, and a small brass oil lamp rests on a red-painted base in front. A plaque reads Dakshinamurthi shrine, and a yantra is drawn on the stone step before the statue. The statue is a deity murti, not a person, so no living people are present.2010-10-02July 07 20132013-07-07