Close-up of a weathered grey stone pillar carved in low relief with a coiled serpent. The snake's head, with an eye, open mouth and curled ear-like detail, rises above its stacked coils on the pillar's lower section. A dark stain marks the stone beside it, and a pale corner of a stone base is visible at the bottom, with a paved ground surface at left. No people are present. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up of a weathered grey stone pillar carved in low relief with a coiled serpent. The snake's head, with an eye, open mouth and curled ear-like detail, rises above its stacked coils on the pillar's lower section. A dark stain marks the stone beside it, and a pale corner of a stone base is visible at the bottom, with a paved ground surface at left. No people are present.

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