A bronze seated figure. Its hands rest in a gesture while a silver vessel of cooked rice or pongal sits in its lap on a green leaf. A magenta velvet cushion with yellow and red flower garlands lies at the feet, and a clay pot stands at the right foreground. - Nithyanandapedia

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A bronze seated figure. Its hands rest in a gesture while a silver vessel of cooked rice or pongal sits in its lap on a green leaf. A magenta velvet cushion with yellow and red flower garlands lies at the feet, and a clay pot stands at the right foreground.

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