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Close photograph of a golden-yellow metal murti of Kalabhairava standing beside a smaller dog-accompanied figure. The main figure wears a tall ornate crown, holds a trident in one raised hand and a small ritual vessel in the other, and wears a green and blue cloth around the waist. Yellow liquid. The seated companion figure is also bronze-toned with a crown and multiple arms holding implements, set against a dark red curtain and a blue cloth on a yellow-stained base.

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