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A painted illustration in a vintage devotional style shows a seated Shiva figure with matted hair, a crescent on the head, a trident beside him, and a serpent around the neck, seated on a stylised white-tipped wave or cloud. Before him stands a figure in orange-yellow garments with a bright halo or sun disc behind the head, raising one hand in greeting or reverence. The background is a pale blue-green sky with a horizon line and distant hills. The page excerpt on the lineage of Surya suggests this depicts the Sun God, but the figure is shown as an illustration rather than a photograph.