A photograph of a temple wall topped with two white recumbent bulls, one with a green and gold saddle cloth and a red garland, the other with gold trim. Between them sits a painted stucco figure of a bearded man with long dark hair, rudraksha malas and a sacred thread, seated in a blue-arched niche. Green trees and an overcast sky appear behind. No living people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a temple wall topped with two white recumbent bulls, one with a green and gold saddle cloth and a red garland, the other with gold trim. Between them sits a painted stucco figure of a bearded man with long dark hair, rudraksha malas and a sacred thread, seated in a blue-arched niche. Green trees and an overcast sky appear behind. No living people are visible.

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