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Photograph of the Budhanilkantha reclining Vishnu murti, a dark stone deity resting on coiled serpent Ananta in a shallow pool of water beneath a yellow canopy. The figure is draped with a yellow cloth and adorned with marigold and flower garlands, and red-tinted offerings are visible. Brick walls, a small gilded shrine ornament, and a wooden gate with Devanagari lettering frame the scene. Two people's blurred heads are in the foreground at the lower edge, partially visible. The deity is a murti, not a living person.

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