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Close-up photograph of a carved dark wooden cobra with its hood spread, facing the camera. The head has red painted eyes and gold-outlined scale patterns, and the hood bands are striped in dark brown and gold against a blurred beige background. No people are visible.

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July 16 20142014-07-16July 16 20142014-07-16July 15 20142014-07-15A dark stone shivalinga in a hooded five-headed cobra canopy stands in a dim, rough-walled shrine. Small red kumkum dots mark the cobra's hood ridges, and a single oil lamp flame burns in the yoni-shaped base. No people are visible; the scene is a quiet nagapratishtha-style shrine with a lit lamp at the foot of the lingam.2013-09-30Close-up photograph of a black stone naga (cobra) sculpture with a hooded head, its raised hood marked with red dots of kumkum. Coiled serpent body forms a base holding a small lit oil lamp, whose flame glows at the centre of the frame against a brown earthen background. No people visible.2013-09-20A photograph of a black stone naga (cobra) sculpture with a multi-hooded hood and small red-orange dots on the hoods, coiled in tiers on a stone base. A small oil lamp with a flame sits in a cup-shaped depression on top of the coils. Rough tree bark frames the left and right sides, and the ground is bare earth. No people are visible.2013-06-17A dark stone naga (serpent) sculpture with a multi-hooded cobra canopy stands on a coiled base, decorated with small red-and-white dots along its hoods. A small oil lamp with a lit flame sits in a shallow dish at the centre of the coils, set between weathered tree trunks on bare earth. No people are visible; the scene is a shrine-style snake deity with a lamp offering, a naga murti rather than any person.2013-06-17Close-up photograph of a black stone Shiva lingam with a carved five-hooded cobra hood, its surface marked with red kumkum or tilak dots. A small flame of an oil lamp burns in the central basin of the lingam, lit at its base in a circular yoni-like pit. No people are visible; the background is dark rock. The image is a watermarked archive photo.2013-10-12July 16 20142014-07-16February 16 20132013-02-16July 16 20142014-07-16June 17 20132013-06-17