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A painted mural on a temple wall depicting Vishnu reclining on the coiled serpent Adishesha with a multi-hooded cobra canopy, holding a conch and chakra, adorned with gold jewellery and a blue complexion, with Lakshmi seated beside him in red and gold sari. Above, a small four-faced Brahma sits on a lotus stem rising from Vishnu's navel, and a small figure appears at right over blue water. Dark stone inscription panels in Tamil script run along the top of the wall, and a painted donor panel sits below. This is a deity mural, not a living person.

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