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A photograph of a colourfully painted Hindu temple gopuram and roof cornice. Above, a tiered tower with yellow and green makara-like finials and a small shrine niche holds a bell-shaped motif. Below the cornice, four painted stucco figures stand in a row: at left a nude figure with a rudraksha-like necklace, second a crowned deity figure in orange dhoti with hands raised, third a figure in white dhoti holding a staff with palms together in namaskar, and at right a figure with a garland. No living people are visible.

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