Outdoor photograph framed by tree branches and green leaves. In the background stands a dark stone deity murti, wrapped in an orange cloth with a folded orange headcloth and draped with a long garland of yellow and purple flowers. The murti sits before a carved pale stone arch, and orange-red powder or offerings lie on the ground at its base. No people are visible in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor photograph framed by tree branches and green leaves. In the background stands a dark stone deity murti, wrapped in an orange cloth with a folded orange headcloth and draped with a long garland of yellow and purple flowers. The murti sits before a carved pale stone arch, and orange-red powder or offerings lie on the ground at its base. No people are visible in the scene.

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